| Fr., 16.09.1988 | FC Hansa Rostock - HFC Chemie | 3:0 |
| Sa., 17.09.1988 | BSG Stahl Brandenburg - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:1 |
| Sa., 17.09.1988 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:1 |
| Sa., 17.09.1988 | BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:1 |
| Sa., 17.09.1988 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:0 |
| Sa., 17.09.1988 | BSG Energie Cottbus - 1. FC Union Berlin | 2:1 |
| Sa., 17.09.1988 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Wismut Aue | 2:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 4-0-1 | 11:5 | 6 | 8 - 2 |
| 2. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 5 | 1-4-0 | 12:8 | 4 | 6 - 4 |
| 3. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 5 | 3-0-2 | 7:3 | 4 | 6 - 4 |
| 4. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 3-0-2 | 7:5 | 2 | 6 - 4 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 5 | 3-0-2 | 8:7 | 1 | 6 - 4 |
| 6. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 5 | 2-2-1 | 8:8 | 0 | 6 - 4 |
| 7. | |  | HFC Chemie | 5 | 2-2-1 | 5:5 | 0 | 6 - 4 |
| 8. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 | 2-1-2 | 6:5 | 1 | 5 - 5 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Energie Cottbus | 5 | 2-1-2 | 6:8 | -2 | 5 - 5 |
| 10. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 5 | 1-2-2 | 6:6 | 0 | 4 - 6 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 5 | 1-2-2 | 4:4 | 0 | 4 - 6 |
| 12. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 5 | 2-0-3 | 6:10 | -4 | 4 - 6 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 5 | 2-0-3 | 6:10 | -4 | 4 - 6 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 5 | 0-0-5 | 1:9 | -8 | 0 - 10 |