| Fr., 30.09.1988 | BFC Dynamo - BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 2:0 |
| Fr., 30.09.1988 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3:0 |
| Fr., 30.09.1988 | HFC Chemie - BSG Wismut Aue | 1:1 |
| Sa., 01.10.1988 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:1 |
| Sa., 01.10.1988 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:2 |
| Sa., 01.10.1988 | BSG Energie Cottbus - 1. FC Magdeburg | 3:1 |
| Sa., 01.10.1988 | FC Hansa Rostock - 1. FC Union Berlin | 5:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 6-0-1 | 15:7 | 8 | 12 - 2 |
| 2. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7 | 4-1-2 | 11:6 | 5 | 9 - 5 |
| 3. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 7 | 3-3-1 | 11:9 | 2 | 9 - 5 |
| 4. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 7 | 4-0-3 | 12:5 | 7 | 8 - 6 |
| 5. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 7 | 2-4-1 | 15:10 | 5 | 8 - 6 |
| 6. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 7 | 4-0-3 | 14:12 | 2 | 8 - 6 |
| 7. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 7 | 3-1-3 | 8:8 | 0 | 7 - 7 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Energie Cottbus | 7 | 3-1-3 | 10:12 | -2 | 7 - 7 |
| 9. | |  | HFC Chemie | 7 | 2-3-2 | 9:11 | -2 | 7 - 7 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 7 | 3-0-4 | 11:12 | -1 | 6 - 8 |
| 11. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 7 | 3-0-4 | 9:14 | -5 | 6 - 8 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 7 | 1-3-3 | 7:12 | -5 | 5 - 9 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 7 | 1-2-4 | 5:7 | -2 | 4 - 10 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 7 | 1-0-6 | 3:15 | -12 | 2 - 12 |