| So., 09.12.1979 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - HFC Chemie | 2:0 |
| So., 09.12.1979 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1:1 |
| So., 09.12.1979 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 0:5 |
| So., 09.12.1979 | BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Union Berlin | 2:0 |
| So., 09.12.1979 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:4 |
| So., 09.12.1979 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:0 |
| So., 09.12.1979 | BSG Wismut Aue - BSG Stahl Riesa | 0:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 12 | 11-0-1 | 33:7 | 26 | 22 - 2 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 12 | 8-2-2 | 24:8 | 16 | 18 - 6 |
| 3. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 12 | 7-2-3 | 23:13 | 10 | 16 - 8 |
| 4. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 12 | 7-2-3 | 20:15 | 5 | 16 - 8 |
| 5. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 12 | 7-1-4 | 26:18 | 8 | 15 - 9 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 12 | 5-3-4 | 22:16 | 6 | 13 - 11 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 12 | 4-3-5 | 17:23 | -6 | 11 - 13 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 12 | 4-3-5 | 16:23 | -7 | 11 - 13 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 12 | 3-4-5 | 8:16 | -8 | 10 - 14 |
| 10. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 12 | 3-3-6 | 14:19 | -5 | 9 - 15 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 12 | 3-3-6 | 8:17 | -9 | 9 - 15 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 12 | 3-2-7 | 9:19 | -10 | 8 - 16 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 12 | 0-6-6 | 7:24 | -17 | 6 - 18 |
| 14. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 12 | 1-2-9 | 14:23 | -9 | 4 - 20 |