| Sa., 08.03.1980 | BSG Stahl Riesa - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:1 |
| Sa., 08.03.1980 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:0 |
| Sa., 08.03.1980 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 3:1 |
| Sa., 08.03.1980 | 1. FC Union Berlin - HFC Chemie | 0:2 |
| Sa., 08.03.1980 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0:2 |
| Sa., 08.03.1980 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BFC Dynamo | 0:1 |
| Sa., 08.03.1980 | BSG Wismut Aue - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 5:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 14-0-2 | 42:11 | 31 | 28 - 4 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 16 | 12-2-2 | 39:11 | 28 | 26 - 6 |
| 3. | |  | HFC Chemie | 16 | 10-3-3 | 27:18 | 9 | 23 - 9 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 16 | 7-4-5 | 29:20 | 9 | 18 - 14 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 7-4-5 | 25:17 | 8 | 18 - 14 |
| 6. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 8-2-6 | 27:22 | 5 | 18 - 14 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 16 | 6-4-6 | 23:29 | -6 | 16 - 16 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 5-4-7 | 17:21 | -4 | 14 - 18 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 16 | 4-4-8 | 19:31 | -12 | 12 - 20 |
| 10. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 3-5-8 | 17:26 | -9 | 11 - 21 |
| 11. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 4-2-10 | 22:25 | -3 | 10 - 22 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 16 | 3-4-9 | 9:23 | -14 | 10 - 22 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 4-2-10 | 12:30 | -18 | 10 - 22 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 16 | 1-8-7 | 10:34 | -24 | 10 - 22 |