| Fr., 14.04.1978 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - HFC Chemie | 2:0 |
| Sa., 15.04.1978 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Wismut Aue | 0:0 |
| Sa., 15.04.1978 | 1. FC Union Berlin - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 1:0 |
| Sa., 15.04.1978 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BFC Dynamo | 2:1 |
| Sa., 15.04.1978 | BSG Wismut Gera - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:6 |
| Sa., 15.04.1978 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:4 |
| Sa., 15.04.1978 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 1:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 14-4-2 | 55:18 | 37 | 32 - 8 |
| 2. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 | 14-3-3 | 39:11 | 28 | 31 - 9 |
| 3. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 20 | 10-6-4 | 38:18 | 20 | 26 - 14 |
| 4. | |  | HFC Chemie | 20 | 8-7-5 | 33:24 | 9 | 23 - 17 |
| 5. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 20 | 9-4-7 | 41:27 | 14 | 22 - 18 |
| 6. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 20 | 9-4-7 | 38:28 | 10 | 22 - 18 |
| 7. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 20 | 5-9-6 | 27:28 | -1 | 19 - 21 |
| 8. |  |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 20 | 6-5-9 | 16:27 | -11 | 17 - 23 |
| 9. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 20 | 5-7-8 | 17:29 | -12 | 17 - 23 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 20 | 6-5-9 | 19:35 | -16 | 17 - 23 |
| 11. |  |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 20 | 5-7-8 | 16:33 | -17 | 17 - 23 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 20 | 4-8-8 | 24:33 | -9 | 16 - 24 |
| 13. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 20 | 3-9-8 | 16:23 | -7 | 15 - 25 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Wismut Gera | 20 | 1-4-15 | 16:61 | -45 | 6 - 34 |