| Sa., 03.06.1978 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Wismut Aue | 6:0 |
| Sa., 03.06.1978 | BFC Dynamo - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 5:1 |
| Sa., 03.06.1978 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - HFC Chemie | 5:3 |
| Sa., 03.06.1978 | 1. FC Magdeburg - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 3:3 |
| Sa., 03.06.1978 | BSG Wismut Gera - 1. FC Union Berlin | 0:4 |
| Sa., 03.06.1978 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1:1 |
| Sa., 03.06.1978 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 18-5-3 | 70:25 | 45 | 41 - 11 |
| 2. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 16-6-4 | 52:17 | 35 | 38 - 14 |
| 3. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 26 | 14-7-5 | 54:25 | 29 | 35 - 17 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 26 | 13-6-7 | 57:34 | 23 | 32 - 20 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 13-5-8 | 53:32 | 21 | 31 - 21 |
| 6. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 26 | 11-8-7 | 44:34 | 10 | 30 - 22 |
| 7. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 6-12-8 | 34:37 | -3 | 24 - 28 |
| 8. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 9-6-11 | 27:36 | -9 | 24 - 28 |
| 9. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 7-9-10 | 23:35 | -12 | 23 - 29 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 8-7-11 | 22:45 | -23 | 23 - 29 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 8-6-12 | 22:47 | -25 | 22 - 30 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 26 | 6-8-12 | 34:51 | -17 | 20 - 32 |
| 13. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 26 | 3-9-14 | 19:35 | -16 | 15 - 37 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Wismut Gera | 26 | 1-4-21 | 17:75 | -58 | 6 - 46 |