| Sa., 08.04.1978 | HFC Chemie - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 2:2 |
| Sa., 08.04.1978 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 2:0 |
| Sa., 08.04.1978 | BSG Wismut Aue - 1. FC Union Berlin | 3:2 |
| Sa., 08.04.1978 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 6:0 |
| Sa., 08.04.1978 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:1 |
| Sa., 08.04.1978 | BFC Dynamo - BSG Wismut Gera | 4:0 |
| Sa., 08.04.1978 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 13-4-2 | 51:18 | 33 | 30 - 8 |
| 2. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 19 | 13-3-3 | 37:10 | 27 | 29 - 9 |
| 3. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 19 | 10-6-3 | 37:16 | 21 | 26 - 12 |
| 4. | |  | HFC Chemie | 19 | 8-7-4 | 33:22 | 11 | 23 - 15 |
| 5. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 19 | 8-4-7 | 39:27 | 12 | 20 - 18 |
| 6. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 19 | 8-4-7 | 32:27 | 5 | 20 - 18 |
| 7. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 19 | 5-9-5 | 27:24 | 3 | 19 - 19 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 19 | 5-7-7 | 16:32 | -16 | 17 - 21 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 19 | 4-8-7 | 24:32 | -8 | 16 - 22 |
| 10. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 19 | 5-6-8 | 17:29 | -12 | 16 - 22 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 19 | 6-4-9 | 19:35 | -16 | 16 - 22 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 19 | 5-5-9 | 15:27 | -12 | 15 - 23 |
| 13. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 19 | 2-9-8 | 15:23 | -8 | 13 - 25 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Wismut Gera | 19 | 1-4-14 | 15:55 | -40 | 6 - 32 |