| Sa., 28.10.1978 | HFC Chemie - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 4:1 |
| Sa., 28.10.1978 | BFC Dynamo - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:0 |
| Sa., 28.10.1978 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:3 |
| Sa., 28.10.1978 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Hansa Rostock | 1:0 |
| Sa., 28.10.1978 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:0 |
| So., 29.10.1978 | BSG Wismut Aue - 1. FC Union Berlin | 2:1 |
| So., 29.10.1978 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - BSG Stahl Riesa | 2:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 9 | 9-0-0 | 22:6 | 16 | 18 - 0 |
| 2. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 9 | 7-1-1 | 27:8 | 19 | 15 - 3 |
| 3. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 9 | 6-1-2 | 25:8 | 17 | 13 - 5 |
| 4. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 9 | 6-1-2 | 17:7 | 10 | 13 - 5 |
| 5. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 9 | 4-2-3 | 12:12 | 0 | 10 - 8 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 9 | 4-2-3 | 15:18 | -3 | 10 - 8 |
| 7. | |  | HFC Chemie | 9 | 4-1-4 | 15:16 | -1 | 9 - 9 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 9 | 3-2-4 | 13:15 | -2 | 8 - 10 |
| 9. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 9 | 3-2-4 | 11:17 | -6 | 8 - 10 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 9 | 3-1-5 | 9:21 | -12 | 7 - 11 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 9 | 2-2-5 | 11:17 | -6 | 6 - 12 |
| 12. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 9 | 1-2-6 | 6:17 | -11 | 4 - 14 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 9 | 1-1-7 | 12:23 | -11 | 3 - 15 |
| 14. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 9 | 1-0-8 | 7:17 | -10 | 2 - 16 |