| Sa., 06.05.1978 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - HFC Chemie | 1:1 |
| Sa., 06.05.1978 | 1. FC Union Berlin - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:3 |
| Sa., 06.05.1978 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:4 |
| Sa., 06.05.1978 | 1. FC Magdeburg - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:0 |
| Sa., 06.05.1978 | BSG Wismut Gera - BSG Wismut Aue | 0:2 |
| Sa., 06.05.1978 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 1:0 |
| Sa., 06.05.1978 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - BFC Dynamo | 1:3 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 22 | 15-4-3 | 57:21 | 36 | 34 - 10 |
| 2. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 22 | 15-4-3 | 42:12 | 30 | 34 - 10 |
| 3. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 22 | 12-6-4 | 43:20 | 23 | 30 - 14 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 22 | 11-4-7 | 47:29 | 18 | 26 - 18 |
| 5. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 22 | 10-5-7 | 43:30 | 13 | 25 - 19 |
| 6. | |  | HFC Chemie | 22 | 8-8-6 | 35:27 | 8 | 24 - 20 |
| 7. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 22 | 6-9-7 | 28:29 | -1 | 21 - 23 |
| 8. |  |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 22 | 8-5-9 | 22:35 | -13 | 21 - 23 |
| 9. |  |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 22 | 7-5-10 | 19:31 | -12 | 19 - 25 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 22 | 6-7-9 | 18:34 | -16 | 19 - 25 |
| 11. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 22 | 5-8-9 | 18:32 | -14 | 18 - 26 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 22 | 4-8-10 | 26:39 | -13 | 16 - 28 |
| 13. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 22 | 3-9-10 | 18:29 | -11 | 15 - 29 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Wismut Gera | 22 | 1-4-17 | 17:65 | -48 | 6 - 38 |