| Di., 04.10.1977 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - 1. FC Union Berlin | 1:1 |
| Di., 04.10.1977 | BSG Wismut Aue - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:1 |
| Di., 04.10.1977 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 0:0 |
| Di., 04.10.1977 | HFC Chemie - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:0 |
| Di., 04.10.1977 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Wismut Gera | 5:1 |
| Di., 04.10.1977 | BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:3 |
| Di., 04.10.1977 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 6-1-0 | 21:7 | 14 | 13 - 1 |
| 2. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 7 | 6-0-1 | 18:5 | 13 | 12 - 2 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 7 | 4-1-2 | 19:10 | 9 | 9 - 5 |
| 4. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 7 | 3-2-2 | 14:8 | 6 | 8 - 6 |
| 5. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7 | 3-2-2 | 13:7 | 6 | 8 - 6 |
| 6. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 7 | 3-2-2 | 16:12 | 4 | 8 - 6 |
| 7. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 7 | 3-2-2 | 7:8 | -1 | 8 - 6 |
| 8. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 7 | 2-3-2 | 12:15 | -3 | 7 - 7 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 7 | 1-3-3 | 9:11 | -2 | 5 - 9 |
| 10. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 7 | 1-3-3 | 5:8 | -3 | 5 - 9 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 7 | 2-1-4 | 9:17 | -8 | 5 - 9 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 7 | 1-3-3 | 5:15 | -10 | 5 - 9 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Wismut Gera | 7 | 0-3-4 | 5:21 | -16 | 3 - 11 |
| 14. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 7 | 0-2-5 | 5:14 | -9 | 2 - 12 |