| Sa., 25.05.1968 | BSG Motor Zwickau - FC Vorwärts Berlin | 2:1 |
| Sa., 25.05.1968 | FC Hansa Rostock - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 2:0 |
| Sa., 25.05.1968 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:0 |
| Sa., 25.05.1968 | HFC Chemie - BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 1:0 |
| Sa., 25.05.1968 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3:3 |
| Sa., 25.05.1968 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - BSG Wismut Aue | 1:1 |
| Sa., 25.05.1968 | 1. FC Union Berlin - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 25 | 16-5-4 | 47:18 | 29 | 37 - 13 |
| 2. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 25 | 15-4-6 | 37:24 | 13 | 34 - 16 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 25 | 12-7-6 | 41:37 | 4 | 31 - 19 |
| 4. | |  | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 25 | 9-9-7 | 33:28 | 5 | 27 - 23 |
| 5. |  |  | BSG Motor Zwickau | 25 | 11-3-11 | 36:33 | 3 | 25 - 25 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 25 | 9-6-10 | 25:34 | -9 | 24 - 26 |
| 7. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 25 | 8-7-10 | 38:35 | 3 | 23 - 27 |
| 8. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 25 | 7-9-9 | 30:30 | 0 | 23 - 27 |
| 9. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 25 | 8-6-11 | 33:38 | -5 | 22 - 28 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 25 | 9-4-12 | 31:38 | -7 | 22 - 28 |
| 11. | |  | HFC Chemie | 25 | 8-6-11 | 31:40 | -9 | 22 - 28 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 25 | 7-6-12 | 25:31 | -6 | 20 - 30 |
| 13. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 5-10-10 | 24:32 | -8 | 20 - 30 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 25 | 7-6-12 | 25:38 | -13 | 20 - 30 |