| Fr., 24.09.1976 | BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 2:1 |
| Sa., 25.09.1976 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:1 |
| Sa., 25.09.1976 | HFC Chemie - FC Hansa Rostock | 1:3 |
| Sa., 25.09.1976 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BSG Stahl Riesa | 3:0 |
| Sa., 25.09.1976 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:2 |
| Sa., 25.09.1976 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Union Berlin | 1:0 |
| Sa., 25.09.1976 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Wismut Aue | 4:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 4 | 3-1-0 | 15:4 | 11 | 7 - 1 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 4 | 3-0-1 | 8:4 | 4 | 6 - 2 |
| 3. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 2-1-1 | 9:7 | 2 | 5 - 3 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 4 | 2-1-1 | 8:6 | 2 | 5 - 3 |
| 5. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4 | 2-1-1 | 6:6 | 0 | 5 - 3 |
| 6. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 4 | 2-1-1 | 3:7 | -4 | 5 - 3 |
| 7. |  |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 4 | 2-0-2 | 6:4 | 2 | 4 - 4 |
| 8. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4 | 2-0-2 | 4:5 | -1 | 4 - 4 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 4 | 2-0-2 | 6:8 | -2 | 4 - 4 |
| 10. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 4 | 1-1-2 | 7:7 | 0 | 3 - 5 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 4 | 0-2-2 | 6:8 | -2 | 2 - 6 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 4 | 1-0-3 | 3:6 | -3 | 2 - 6 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 4 | 0-2-2 | 4:8 | -4 | 2 - 6 |
| 14. | |  | HFC Chemie | 4 | 1-0-3 | 4:9 | -5 | 2 - 6 |