| Sa., 30.05.1981 | BFC Dynamo - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2:1 |
| Sa., 30.05.1981 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - HFC Chemie | 0:1 |
| Sa., 30.05.1981 | FC Hansa Rostock - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 1:3 |
| Sa., 30.05.1981 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 6:1 |
| Sa., 30.05.1981 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:3 |
| Sa., 30.05.1981 | BSG Wismut Aue - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:1 |
| Sa., 30.05.1981 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Stahl Riesa | 1:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 26 | 17-5-4 | 74:31 | 43 | 39 - 13 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 16-4-6 | 57:29 | 28 | 36 - 16 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 15-4-7 | 58:35 | 23 | 34 - 18 |
| 4. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 16-2-8 | 49:37 | 12 | 34 - 18 |
| 5. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 26 | 13-5-8 | 58:40 | 18 | 31 - 21 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 26 | 12-4-10 | 46:35 | 11 | 28 - 24 |
| 7. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 10-7-9 | 37:49 | -12 | 27 - 25 |
| 8. | |  | HFC Chemie | 26 | 11-3-12 | 41:41 | 0 | 25 - 27 |
| 9. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 6-9-11 | 37:54 | -17 | 21 - 31 |
| 10. |  |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 6-8-12 | 35:47 | -12 | 20 - 32 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 7-4-15 | 32:51 | -19 | 18 - 34 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 7-4-15 | 34:60 | -26 | 18 - 34 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 6-5-15 | 38:64 | -26 | 17 - 35 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 26 | 5-6-15 | 25:48 | -23 | 16 - 36 |