| Sa., 19.02.1983 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1:1 |
| Sa., 19.02.1983 | 1. FC Union Berlin - 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:1 |
| Sa., 19.02.1983 | FC Hansa Rostock - HFC Chemie | 4:4 |
| Sa., 19.02.1983 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BFC Dynamo | 0:1 |
| Sa., 19.02.1983 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 3:1 |
| Sa., 19.02.1983 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3:0 |
| Sa., 19.02.1983 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Wismut Aue | 2:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 14 | 9-5-0 | 35:12 | 23 | 23 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 14 | 7-5-2 | 25:11 | 14 | 19 - 9 |
| 3. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 9-1-4 | 24:18 | 6 | 19 - 9 |
| 4. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 14 | 7-4-3 | 29:17 | 12 | 18 - 10 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 14 | 6-6-2 | 23:18 | 5 | 18 - 10 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 7-3-4 | 32:17 | 15 | 17 - 11 |
| 7. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 7-2-5 | 29:20 | 9 | 16 - 12 |
| 8. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 14 | 6-3-5 | 22:25 | -3 | 15 - 13 |
| 9. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 14 | 5-2-7 | 23:24 | -1 | 12 - 16 |
| 10. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 | 3-4-7 | 14:25 | -11 | 10 - 18 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 14 | 3-3-8 | 16:27 | -11 | 9 - 19 |
| 12. | |  | HFC Chemie | 14 | 2-4-8 | 22:31 | -9 | 8 - 20 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 14 | 2-4-8 | 14:33 | -19 | 8 - 20 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 14 | 0-4-10 | 6:36 | -30 | 4 - 24 |