| Mi., 06.06.1979 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:0 |
| Mi., 06.06.1979 | 1. FC Union Berlin - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 0:0 |
| Mi., 06.06.1979 | BSG Wismut Aue - BSG Stahl Riesa | 2:0 |
| Mi., 06.06.1979 | HFC Chemie - FC Hansa Rostock | 3:0 |
| Mi., 06.06.1979 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 5:2 |
| Mi., 06.06.1979 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - BFC Dynamo | 3:10 |
| Mi., 06.06.1979 | SG Dynamo Dresden - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 25 | 20-4-1 | 72:17 | 55 | 44 - 6 |
| 2. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 14-9-2 | 56:18 | 38 | 37 - 13 |
| 3. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 25 | 14-6-5 | 37:18 | 19 | 34 - 16 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 25 | 13-5-7 | 53:30 | 23 | 31 - 19 |
| 5. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 25 | 10-7-8 | 36:29 | 7 | 27 - 23 |
| 6. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 25 | 10-7-8 | 37:39 | -2 | 27 - 23 |
| 7. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 25 | 9-4-12 | 31:35 | -4 | 22 - 28 |
| 8. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 25 | 8-6-11 | 34:46 | -12 | 22 - 28 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 25 | 8-5-12 | 32:45 | -13 | 21 - 29 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 25 | 8-3-14 | 34:47 | -13 | 19 - 31 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 25 | 6-7-12 | 20:38 | -18 | 19 - 31 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 25 | 7-4-14 | 22:59 | -37 | 18 - 32 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 25 | 5-6-14 | 31:56 | -25 | 16 - 34 |
| 14. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 25 | 4-5-16 | 28:46 | -18 | 13 - 37 |