| Fr., 06.11.1987 | FC Hansa Rostock - 1. FC Union Berlin | 3:3 |
| Fr., 06.11.1987 | HFC Chemie - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:0 |
| Sa., 07.11.1987 | BFC Dynamo - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3:3 |
| Sa., 07.11.1987 | BSG Wismut Aue - BSG Stahl Riesa | 2:3 |
| Sa., 07.11.1987 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:1 |
| Sa., 07.11.1987 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 3:1 |
| Sa., 07.11.1987 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 4:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 10 | 6-3-1 | 29:11 | 18 | 15 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 10 | 6-3-1 | 17:7 | 10 | 15 - 5 |
| 3. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 10 | 3-5-2 | 16:10 | 6 | 11 - 9 |
| 4. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 10 | 3-5-2 | 16:13 | 3 | 11 - 9 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 10 | 4-3-3 | 16:13 | 3 | 11 - 9 |
| 6. | |  | HFC Chemie | 10 | 1-8-1 | 9:9 | 0 | 10 - 10 |
| 7. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 10 | 3-4-3 | 8:10 | -2 | 10 - 10 |
| 8. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 10 | 3-3-4 | 15:14 | 1 | 9 - 11 |
| 9. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 10 | 4-1-5 | 19:20 | -1 | 9 - 11 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 10 | 2-5-3 | 11:16 | -5 | 9 - 11 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 10 | 3-2-5 | 10:14 | -4 | 8 - 12 |
| 12. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 10 | 2-4-4 | 11:20 | -9 | 8 - 12 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 10 | 2-3-5 | 10:15 | -5 | 7 - 13 |
| 14. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 10 | 2-3-5 | 12:27 | -15 | 7 - 13 |