| Sa., 18.03.1978 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:0 |
| Sa., 18.03.1978 | BSG Wismut Aue - HFC Chemie | 0:1 |
| Sa., 18.03.1978 | SG Dynamo Dresden - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 5:1 |
| Sa., 18.03.1978 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - 1. FC Union Berlin | 1:0 |
| Sa., 18.03.1978 | BFC Dynamo - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1:1 |
| Sa., 18.03.1978 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:2 |
| Sa., 18.03.1978 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BSG Wismut Gera | 2:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 13-2-2 | 36:8 | 28 | 28 - 6 |
| 2. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 11-4-2 | 43:18 | 25 | 26 - 8 |
| 3. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 17 | 9-5-3 | 33:16 | 17 | 23 - 11 |
| 4. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 17 | 7-6-4 | 29:20 | 9 | 20 - 14 |
| 5. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 17 | 7-4-6 | 35:24 | 11 | 18 - 16 |
| 6. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 17 | 7-4-6 | 29:24 | 5 | 18 - 16 |
| 7. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 17 | 5-8-4 | 26:22 | 4 | 18 - 16 |
| 8. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 5-5-7 | 13:22 | -9 | 15 - 19 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 17 | 4-7-6 | 14:30 | -16 | 15 - 19 |
| 10. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 17 | 4-6-7 | 15:22 | -7 | 14 - 20 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 17 | 5-4-8 | 15:29 | -14 | 14 - 20 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 17 | 3-7-7 | 22:31 | -9 | 13 - 21 |
| 13. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 17 | 2-7-8 | 12:20 | -8 | 11 - 23 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Wismut Gera | 17 | 1-3-13 | 14:50 | -36 | 5 - 29 |