| Sa., 26.05.1979 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - 1. FC Union Berlin | 3:0 |
| Sa., 26.05.1979 | BFC Dynamo - SG Dynamo Dresden | 3:1 |
| Sa., 26.05.1979 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 2:2 |
| Sa., 26.05.1979 | FC Hansa Rostock - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:1 |
| Sa., 26.05.1979 | BSG Stahl Riesa - HFC Chemie | 2:1 |
| Sa., 26.05.1979 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Wismut Aue | 3:2 |
| Sa., 26.05.1979 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - 1. FC Magdeburg | 4:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 24 | 19-4-1 | 62:14 | 48 | 42 - 6 |
| 2. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 13-9-2 | 54:18 | 36 | 35 - 13 |
| 3. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 24 | 14-5-5 | 37:18 | 19 | 33 - 15 |
| 4. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 24 | 13-5-6 | 53:28 | 25 | 31 - 17 |
| 5. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 24 | 10-6-8 | 37:39 | -2 | 26 - 22 |
| 6. | |  | HFC Chemie | 24 | 9-7-8 | 33:29 | 4 | 25 - 23 |
| 7. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 24 | 8-6-10 | 32:41 | -9 | 22 - 26 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 24 | 8-5-11 | 32:43 | -11 | 21 - 27 |
| 9. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 24 | 8-4-12 | 26:33 | -7 | 20 - 28 |
| 10. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 24 | 6-6-12 | 20:38 | -18 | 18 - 30 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 24 | 7-3-14 | 32:47 | -15 | 17 - 31 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 24 | 7-3-14 | 22:59 | -37 | 17 - 31 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 24 | 5-6-13 | 28:46 | -18 | 16 - 32 |
| 14. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 24 | 4-5-15 | 28:43 | -15 | 13 - 35 |