| Sa., 24.03.1973 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2:0 |
| Sa., 24.03.1973 | 1. FC Union Berlin - 1. FC Magdeburg | 0:2 |
| Sa., 24.03.1973 | HFC Chemie - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:2 |
| Sa., 24.03.1973 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BFC Dynamo | 3:1 |
| Sa., 24.03.1973 | BSG Wismut Aue - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1:1 |
| Sa., 24.03.1973 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:1 |
| Sa., 24.03.1973 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - FC Hansa Rostock | 2:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 9-5-0 | 30:12 | 18 | 23 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 8-4-2 | 22:12 | 10 | 20 - 8 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 7-3-4 | 24:14 | 10 | 17 - 11 |
| 4. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 14 | 5-5-4 | 24:19 | 5 | 15 - 13 |
| 5. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 14 | 6-3-5 | 22:19 | 3 | 15 - 13 |
| 6. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 14 | 6-2-6 | 15:19 | -4 | 14 - 14 |
| 7. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 14 | 5-4-5 | 16:22 | -6 | 14 - 14 |
| 8. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 14 | 5-2-7 | 31:27 | 4 | 12 - 16 |
| 9. |  |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 14 | 4-4-6 | 29:26 | 3 | 12 - 16 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 14 | 3-6-5 | 11:13 | -2 | 12 - 16 |
| 11. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 14 | 4-4-6 | 21:25 | -4 | 12 - 16 |
| 12. | |  | HFC Chemie | 14 | 3-6-5 | 19:28 | -9 | 12 - 16 |
| 13. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 14 | 4-1-9 | 21:33 | -12 | 9 - 19 |
| 14. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 | 3-3-8 | 9:25 | -16 | 9 - 19 |