| Mi., 25.05.1983 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Wismut Aue | 1:1 |
| Mi., 25.05.1983 | 1. FC Union Berlin - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:0 |
| Mi., 25.05.1983 | FC Hansa Rostock - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:1 |
| Mi., 25.05.1983 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:2 |
| Mi., 25.05.1983 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - HFC Chemie | 1:0 |
| Mi., 25.05.1983 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - BFC Dynamo | 2:2 |
| Mi., 25.05.1983 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 3:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 25 | 19-6-0 | 70:22 | 48 | 44 - 6 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 25 | 15-4-6 | 46:27 | 19 | 34 - 16 |
| 3. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 25 | 12-8-5 | 48:28 | 20 | 32 - 18 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 25 | 12-7-6 | 44:24 | 20 | 31 - 19 |
| 5. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 25 | 10-9-6 | 41:37 | 4 | 29 - 21 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 25 | 10-8-7 | 52:32 | 20 | 28 - 22 |
| 7. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 11-5-9 | 48:42 | 6 | 27 - 23 |
| 8. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 25 | 11-5-9 | 38:40 | -2 | 27 - 23 |
| 9. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 25 | 9-6-10 | 39:40 | -1 | 24 - 26 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 25 | 6-8-11 | 29:43 | -14 | 20 - 30 |
| 11. |  |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 25 | 5-7-13 | 23:46 | -23 | 17 - 33 |
| 12. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 25 | 4-7-14 | 39:52 | -13 | 15 - 35 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 25 | 4-5-16 | 30:72 | -42 | 13 - 37 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 25 | 2-5-18 | 20:62 | -42 | 9 - 41 |