| Fr., 09.05.1986 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BSG Wismut Aue | 6:0 |
| Sa., 10.05.1986 | BSG Stahl Brandenburg - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 3:0 |
| Sa., 10.05.1986 | BFC Dynamo - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 2:2 |
| Sa., 10.05.1986 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:0 |
| Sa., 10.05.1986 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Stahl Riesa | 1:0 |
| Sa., 10.05.1986 | FC Hansa Rostock - 1. FC Union Berlin | 2:0 |
| Sa., 10.05.1986 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 24 | 11-10-3 | 41:28 | 13 | 32 - 16 |
| 2. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 24 | 11-7-6 | 29:20 | 9 | 29 - 19 |
| 3. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 24 | 8-12-4 | 28:16 | 12 | 28 - 20 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 24 | 8-11-5 | 37:30 | 7 | 27 - 21 |
| 5. | |  | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 24 | 10-7-7 | 26:22 | 4 | 27 - 21 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 24 | 9-8-7 | 30:28 | 2 | 26 - 22 |
| 7. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 8-8-8 | 36:37 | -1 | 24 - 24 |
| 8. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 24 | 8-8-8 | 29:30 | -1 | 24 - 24 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 24 | 7-9-8 | 28:35 | -7 | 23 - 25 |
| 10. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 24 | 5-12-7 | 34:30 | 4 | 22 - 26 |
| 11. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 24 | 7-8-9 | 34:34 | 0 | 22 - 26 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 24 | 7-8-9 | 26:30 | -4 | 22 - 26 |
| 13. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 24 | 6-5-13 | 26:43 | -17 | 17 - 31 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 24 | 2-9-13 | 25:46 | -21 | 13 - 35 |