| Sa., 17.02.1979 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BSG Stahl Riesa | 4:2 |
| Sa., 17.02.1979 | 1. FC Union Berlin - FC Hansa Rostock | 0:1 |
| Sa., 17.02.1979 | BSG Wismut Aue - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3:1 |
| Sa., 17.02.1979 | HFC Chemie - BFC Dynamo | 0:0 |
| Sa., 17.02.1979 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - 1. FC Magdeburg | 3:1 |
| Sa., 17.02.1979 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 0:2 |
| Mi., 21.02.1979 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 14 | 12-2-0 | 33:8 | 25 | 26 - 2 |
| 2. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 8-5-1 | 31:10 | 21 | 21 - 7 |
| 3. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 14 | 8-3-3 | 25:20 | 5 | 19 - 9 |
| 4. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 7-3-4 | 31:16 | 15 | 17 - 11 |
| 5. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 7-2-5 | 21:13 | 8 | 16 - 12 |
| 6. | |  | HFC Chemie | 14 | 6-4-4 | 23:20 | 3 | 16 - 12 |
| 7. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 14 | 5-4-5 | 17:20 | -3 | 14 - 14 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 14 | 5-3-6 | 24:23 | 1 | 13 - 15 |
| 9. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 | 4-4-6 | 14:21 | -7 | 12 - 16 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 14 | 4-2-8 | 14:32 | -18 | 10 - 18 |
| 11. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 14 | 3-3-8 | 15:25 | -10 | 9 - 19 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 14 | 3-2-9 | 18:31 | -13 | 8 - 20 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 14 | 2-4-8 | 15:30 | -15 | 8 - 20 |
| 14. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 14 | 2-3-9 | 13:25 | -12 | 7 - 21 |