| Sa., 14.04.1973 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:1 |
| Sa., 14.04.1973 | 1. FC Union Berlin - BFC Dynamo | 0:2 |
| Sa., 14.04.1973 | HFC Chemie - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1:1 |
| Sa., 14.04.1973 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3:0 |
| Sa., 14.04.1973 | BSG Wismut Aue - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 1:1 |
| Sa., 14.04.1973 | FC Hansa Rostock - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:2 |
| Sa., 14.04.1973 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 10-6-0 | 34:15 | 19 | 26 - 6 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 9-5-2 | 26:13 | 13 | 23 - 9 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 8-4-4 | 29:16 | 13 | 20 - 12 |
| 4. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 16 | 7-5-4 | 28:19 | 9 | 19 - 13 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 6-5-5 | 19:22 | -3 | 17 - 15 |
| 6. |  |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 6-4-6 | 23:21 | 2 | 16 - 16 |
| 7. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 6-4-6 | 17:21 | -4 | 16 - 16 |
| 8. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 16 | 5-5-6 | 31:27 | 4 | 15 - 17 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 16 | 3-8-5 | 12:14 | -2 | 14 - 18 |
| 10. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 16 | 5-3-8 | 32:31 | 1 | 13 - 19 |
| 11. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 16 | 4-5-7 | 23:30 | -7 | 13 - 19 |
| 12. | |  | HFC Chemie | 16 | 3-7-6 | 20:31 | -11 | 13 - 19 |
| 13. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 4-2-10 | 22:37 | -15 | 10 - 22 |
| 14. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 16 | 3-3-10 | 11:30 | -19 | 9 - 23 |