| Fr., 17.03.1989 | FC Hansa Rostock - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2:0 |
| Fr., 17.03.1989 | HFC Chemie - BSG Energie Cottbus | 0:1 |
| Sa., 18.03.1989 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:1 |
| Sa., 18.03.1989 | 1. FC Union Berlin - BFC Dynamo | 2:3 |
| Sa., 18.03.1989 | BSG Wismut Aue - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:5 |
| Sa., 18.03.1989 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 3:1 |
| Sa., 18.03.1989 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 5:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 12-2-2 | 40:17 | 23 | 26 - 6 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 16 | 8-5-3 | 35:19 | 16 | 21 - 11 |
| 3. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 16 | 10-1-5 | 23:15 | 8 | 21 - 11 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 16 | 8-3-5 | 26:12 | 14 | 19 - 13 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 8-2-6 | 25:25 | 0 | 18 - 14 |
| 6. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 7-3-6 | 22:16 | 6 | 17 - 15 |
| 7. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 6-3-7 | 19:17 | 2 | 15 - 17 |
| 8. | |  | HFC Chemie | 16 | 5-4-7 | 21:26 | -5 | 14 - 18 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 16 | 7-0-9 | 21:28 | -7 | 14 - 18 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 5-4-7 | 21:28 | -7 | 14 - 18 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Energie Cottbus | 16 | 6-2-8 | 21:29 | -8 | 14 - 18 |
| 12. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 5-2-9 | 17:26 | -9 | 12 - 20 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 16 | 3-4-9 | 15:30 | -15 | 10 - 22 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 4-1-11 | 19:37 | -18 | 9 - 23 |