| Fr., 24.02.1978 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - HFC Chemie | 6:1 |
| Fr., 24.02.1978 | BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 2:0 |
| Sa., 25.02.1978 | BSG Wismut Aue - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:0 |
| Sa., 25.02.1978 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 5:0 |
| Sa., 25.02.1978 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - 1. FC Union Berlin | 4:1 |
| Sa., 25.02.1978 | BSG Wismut Gera - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:5 |
| Mi., 12.04.1978 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 15 | 12-1-2 | 34:8 | 26 | 25 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 15 | 10-3-2 | 38:17 | 21 | 23 - 7 |
| 3. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 15 | 8-4-3 | 30:15 | 15 | 20 - 10 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 15 | 7-3-5 | 34:19 | 15 | 17 - 13 |
| 5. | |  | HFC Chemie | 15 | 6-5-4 | 28:20 | 8 | 17 - 13 |
| 6. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 15 | 5-6-4 | 24:20 | 4 | 16 - 14 |
| 7. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 15 | 6-3-6 | 28:24 | 4 | 15 - 15 |
| 8. |  |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 15 | 5-5-5 | 13:19 | -6 | 15 - 15 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 15 | 5-3-7 | 15:28 | -13 | 13 - 17 |
| 10. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 15 | 4-4-7 | 14:21 | -7 | 12 - 18 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 15 | 3-6-6 | 13:30 | -17 | 12 - 18 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 15 | 3-5-7 | 20:29 | -9 | 11 - 19 |
| 13. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 15 | 1-7-7 | 10:19 | -9 | 9 - 21 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Wismut Gera | 15 | 1-3-11 | 14:46 | -32 | 5 - 25 |