| Sa., 18.02.1978 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Wismut Gera | 1:0 |
| Sa., 18.02.1978 | 1. FC Union Berlin - 1. FC Magdeburg | 0:4 |
| Sa., 18.02.1978 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 6:1 |
| Sa., 18.02.1978 | HFC Chemie - BFC Dynamo | 0:0 |
| Sa., 18.02.1978 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2:0 |
| Sa., 18.02.1978 | BSG Wismut Aue - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:1 |
| Sa., 18.02.1978 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 11-1-2 | 32:8 | 24 | 23 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 9-3-2 | 33:17 | 16 | 21 - 7 |
| 3. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 14 | 7-4-3 | 28:15 | 13 | 18 - 10 |
| 4. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 14 | 7-3-4 | 34:17 | 17 | 17 - 11 |
| 5. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 14 | 6-5-3 | 27:14 | 13 | 17 - 11 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 | 5-5-4 | 12:15 | -3 | 15 - 13 |
| 7. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 14 | 4-6-4 | 19:20 | -1 | 14 - 14 |
| 8. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 5-3-6 | 22:23 | -1 | 13 - 15 |
| 9. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 14 | 4-4-6 | 14:19 | -5 | 12 - 16 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 14 | 3-6-5 | 13:25 | -12 | 12 - 16 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 14 | 4-3-7 | 14:28 | -14 | 11 - 17 |
| 12. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 14 | 1-7-6 | 10:18 | -8 | 9 - 19 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 14 | 2-5-7 | 16:28 | -12 | 9 - 19 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Wismut Gera | 14 | 1-3-10 | 14:41 | -27 | 5 - 23 |