| Sa., 09.12.1972 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:1 |
| Sa., 09.12.1972 | BFC Dynamo - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 1:1 |
| Sa., 09.12.1972 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Wismut Aue | 4:0 |
| Sa., 09.12.1972 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4:1 |
| Sa., 09.12.1972 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - HFC Chemie | 0:0 |
| Sa., 09.12.1972 | FC Hansa Rostock - 1. FC Union Berlin | 4:1 |
| Sa., 09.12.1972 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 6:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 12 | 9-3-0 | 27:9 | 18 | 21 - 3 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 12 | 7-4-1 | 20:10 | 10 | 18 - 6 |
| 3. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 12 | 5-5-2 | 23:15 | 8 | 15 - 9 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 12 | 6-2-4 | 21:13 | 8 | 14 - 10 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 12 | 4-3-5 | 24:19 | 5 | 11 - 13 |
| 6. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 12 | 3-5-4 | 10:9 | 1 | 11 - 13 |
| 7. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 12 | 4-3-5 | 17:18 | -1 | 11 - 13 |
| 8. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 12 | 4-3-5 | 18:20 | -2 | 11 - 13 |
| 9. |  |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 12 | 5-1-6 | 13:18 | -5 | 11 - 13 |
| 10. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 12 | 4-3-5 | 12:20 | -8 | 11 - 13 |
| 11. | |  | HFC Chemie | 12 | 3-4-5 | 16:25 | -9 | 10 - 14 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 12 | 3-3-6 | 9:21 | -12 | 9 - 15 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 12 | 3-2-7 | 26:26 | 0 | 8 - 16 |
| 14. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 12 | 3-1-8 | 15:28 | -13 | 7 - 17 |