| Fr., 04.12.1981 | 1. FC Magdeburg - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:2 |
| So., 06.12.1981 | BFC Dynamo - HFC Chemie | 5:1 |
| So., 06.12.1981 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3:1 |
| So., 06.12.1981 | BSG Energie Cottbus - FC Hansa Rostock | 0:1 |
| So., 06.12.1981 | BSG Wismut Aue - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 2:1 |
| So., 06.12.1981 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3:3 |
| So., 06.12.1981 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 1:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 12 | 9-1-2 | 41:13 | 28 | 19 - 5 |
| 2. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 12 | 7-3-2 | 23:9 | 14 | 17 - 7 |
| 3. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 12 | 7-3-2 | 25:18 | 7 | 17 - 7 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 12 | 6-4-2 | 23:14 | 9 | 16 - 8 |
| 5. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 12 | 7-1-4 | 27:12 | 15 | 15 - 9 |
| 6. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 12 | 6-3-3 | 22:21 | 1 | 15 - 9 |
| 7. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 12 | 5-3-4 | 28:21 | 7 | 13 - 11 |
| 8. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 12 | 6-1-5 | 15:17 | -2 | 13 - 11 |
| 9. | |  | HFC Chemie | 12 | 5-2-5 | 18:20 | -2 | 12 - 12 |
| 10. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 12 | 4-1-7 | 20:22 | -2 | 9 - 15 |
| 11. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 12 | 3-3-6 | 18:25 | -7 | 9 - 15 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 12 | 2-3-7 | 8:24 | -16 | 7 - 17 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 12 | 1-2-9 | 10:41 | -31 | 4 - 20 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Energie Cottbus | 12 | 0-2-10 | 4:25 | -21 | 2 - 22 |