| Sa., 15.09.1979 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - 1. FC Union Berlin | 1:0 |
| Sa., 15.09.1979 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:5 |
| Sa., 15.09.1979 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BSG Stahl Riesa | 3:0 |
| Sa., 15.09.1979 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 2:0 |
| Sa., 15.09.1979 | BFC Dynamo - BSG Wismut Aue | 3:0 |
| Sa., 15.09.1979 | HFC Chemie - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:0 |
| Sa., 15.09.1979 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - 1. FC Magdeburg | 3:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 5-0-0 | 15:2 | 13 | 10 - 0 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 5 | 4-1-0 | 11:3 | 8 | 9 - 1 |
| 3. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 4-0-1 | 11:7 | 4 | 8 - 2 |
| 4. | |  | HFC Chemie | 5 | 4-0-1 | 9:7 | 2 | 8 - 2 |
| 5. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 | 3-0-2 | 12:7 | 5 | 6 - 4 |
| 6. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 5 | 2-0-3 | 6:5 | 1 | 4 - 6 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 5 | 2-0-3 | 9:9 | 0 | 4 - 6 |
| 8. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 5 | 2-0-3 | 6:7 | -1 | 4 - 6 |
| 9. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 5 | 2-0-3 | 7:9 | -2 | 4 - 6 |
| 10. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 5 | 2-0-3 | 4:6 | -2 | 4 - 6 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 5 | 2-0-3 | 4:8 | -4 | 4 - 6 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 5 | 1-1-3 | 5:11 | -6 | 3 - 7 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 5 | 0-2-3 | 3:14 | -11 | 2 - 8 |
| 14. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 5 | 0-0-5 | 6:13 | -7 | 0 - 10 |