| Sa., 15.03.1980 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Wismut Aue | 2:0 |
| Sa., 15.03.1980 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - 1. FC Union Berlin | 2:0 |
| Sa., 15.03.1980 | HFC Chemie - SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:1 |
| Sa., 15.03.1980 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:0 |
| Sa., 15.03.1980 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Stahl Riesa | 2:0 |
| Sa., 15.03.1980 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Magdeburg | 0:0 |
| Sa., 15.03.1980 | BFC Dynamo - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 10:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 15-0-2 | 43:11 | 32 | 30 - 4 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 17 | 13-2-2 | 49:11 | 38 | 28 - 6 |
| 3. | |  | HFC Chemie | 17 | 10-3-4 | 27:19 | 8 | 23 - 11 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 17 | 8-4-5 | 31:20 | 11 | 20 - 14 |
| 5. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 17 | 8-4-5 | 27:17 | 10 | 20 - 14 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 8-3-6 | 27:22 | 5 | 19 - 15 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 17 | 6-5-6 | 23:29 | -6 | 17 - 17 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 17 | 5-4-8 | 17:23 | -6 | 14 - 20 |
| 9. |  |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 17 | 5-2-10 | 24:25 | -1 | 12 - 22 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 17 | 5-2-10 | 14:30 | -16 | 12 - 22 |
| 11. |  |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 17 | 4-4-9 | 19:41 | -22 | 12 - 22 |
| 12. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 17 | 3-5-9 | 17:28 | -11 | 11 - 23 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 3-4-10 | 9:25 | -16 | 10 - 24 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 17 | 1-8-8 | 10:36 | -26 | 10 - 24 |