| Sa., 19.12.1981 | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 0:3 |
| Sa., 19.12.1981 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Wismut Aue | 4:1 |
| Sa., 19.12.1981 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - BSG Energie Cottbus | 5:2 |
| Sa., 19.12.1981 | FC Hansa Rostock - SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:0 |
| Sa., 19.12.1981 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - 1. FC Magdeburg | 5:0 |
| Sa., 19.12.1981 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BFC Dynamo | 0:0 |
| Sa., 19.12.1981 | HFC Chemie - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 13 | 9-2-2 | 41:13 | 28 | 20 - 6 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 13 | 7-3-3 | 24:11 | 13 | 17 - 9 |
| 3. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 13 | 6-5-2 | 23:14 | 9 | 17 - 9 |
| 4. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 13 | 7-3-3 | 25:23 | 2 | 17 - 9 |
| 5. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 13 | 7-2-4 | 27:12 | 15 | 16 - 10 |
| 6. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 13 | 6-3-4 | 32:22 | 10 | 15 - 11 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 13 | 7-1-5 | 20:19 | 1 | 15 - 11 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 13 | 6-3-4 | 23:25 | -2 | 15 - 11 |
| 9. | |  | HFC Chemie | 13 | 6-2-5 | 20:21 | -1 | 14 - 12 |
| 10. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 13 | 5-1-7 | 25:22 | 3 | 11 - 15 |
| 11. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 13 | 3-4-6 | 18:25 | -7 | 10 - 16 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 13 | 3-3-7 | 11:24 | -13 | 9 - 17 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 13 | 1-2-10 | 10:44 | -34 | 4 - 22 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Energie Cottbus | 13 | 0-2-11 | 6:30 | -24 | 2 - 24 |