| Fr., 30.10.1981 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Wismut Aue | 2:2 |
| Fr., 30.10.1981 | BFC Dynamo - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:1 |
| Fr., 30.10.1981 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:0 |
| Sa., 31.10.1981 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:0 |
| Sa., 31.10.1981 | FC Hansa Rostock - BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 5:1 |
| Sa., 31.10.1981 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 3:0 |
| Sa., 31.10.1981 | HFC Chemie - BSG Energie Cottbus | 2:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 9 | 7-1-1 | 32:9 | 23 | 15 - 3 |
| 2. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 9 | 6-2-1 | 19:4 | 15 | 14 - 4 |
| 3. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 9 | 6-2-1 | 20:13 | 7 | 14 - 4 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 9 | 4-4-1 | 16:10 | 6 | 12 - 6 |
| 5. | |  | HFC Chemie | 9 | 5-1-3 | 15:12 | 3 | 11 - 7 |
| 6. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 9 | 5-0-4 | 22:15 | 7 | 10 - 8 |
| 7. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 9 | 4-2-3 | 15:16 | -1 | 10 - 8 |
| 8. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 9 | 4-1-4 | 21:10 | 11 | 9 - 9 |
| 9. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 9 | 4-1-4 | 10:14 | -4 | 9 - 9 |
| 10. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 9 | 3-1-5 | 14:16 | -2 | 7 - 11 |
| 11. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 9 | 2-1-6 | 15:23 | -8 | 5 - 13 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 9 | 2-1-6 | 5:19 | -14 | 5 - 13 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 9 | 1-1-7 | 8:37 | -29 | 3 - 15 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Energie Cottbus | 9 | 0-2-7 | 3:17 | -14 | 2 - 16 |