| Mi., 05.10.1988 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BFC Dynamo | 0:3 |
| Mi., 12.10.1988 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BSG Wismut Aue | 4:2 |
| Mi., 12.10.1988 | 1. FC Union Berlin - HFC Chemie | 1:2 |
| Mi., 12.10.1988 | BSG Stahl Brandenburg - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:3 |
| Mi., 12.10.1988 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - FC Hansa Rostock | 0:1 |
| Mi., 12.10.1988 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:2 |
| Mi., 12.10.1988 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Energie Cottbus | 5:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 8 | 7-0-1 | 20:8 | 12 | 14 - 2 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 8 | 5-1-2 | 13:6 | 7 | 11 - 5 |
| 3. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 8 | 3-4-1 | 18:10 | 8 | 10 - 6 |
| 4. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 8 | 5-0-3 | 13:5 | 8 | 10 - 6 |
| 5. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 8 | 5-0-3 | 18:14 | 4 | 10 - 6 |
| 6. |  |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 8 | 3-3-2 | 13:13 | 0 | 9 - 7 |
| 7. | |  | HFC Chemie | 8 | 3-3-2 | 11:12 | -1 | 9 - 7 |
| 8. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 3-1-4 | 8:10 | -2 | 7 - 9 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Energie Cottbus | 8 | 3-1-4 | 11:17 | -6 | 7 - 9 |
| 10. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 8 | 2-2-4 | 8:8 | 0 | 6 - 10 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 8 | 3-0-5 | 12:15 | -3 | 6 - 10 |
| 12. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 8 | 3-0-5 | 9:15 | -6 | 6 - 10 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 8 | 1-3-4 | 8:14 | -6 | 5 - 11 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 8 | 1-0-7 | 3:18 | -15 | 2 - 14 |