| Sa., 21.04.1973 | BSG Wismut Aue - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:2 |
| Sa., 21.04.1973 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:0 |
| Sa., 21.04.1973 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - HFC Chemie | 2:1 |
| Sa., 21.04.1973 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - 1. FC Union Berlin | 1:0 |
| Sa., 21.04.1973 | BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 2:2 |
| Sa., 21.04.1973 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Hansa Rostock | 4:0 |
| Sa., 21.04.1973 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 11-6-0 | 38:15 | 23 | 28 - 6 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 17 | 9-6-2 | 27:14 | 13 | 24 - 10 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 8-5-4 | 30:17 | 13 | 21 - 13 |
| 4. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 17 | 7-6-4 | 30:21 | 9 | 20 - 14 |
| 5. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 17 | 6-6-5 | 19:22 | -3 | 18 - 16 |
| 6. |  |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 17 | 6-5-6 | 33:28 | 5 | 17 - 17 |
| 7. |  |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 17 | 6-5-6 | 23:21 | 2 | 17 - 17 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 17 | 4-8-5 | 13:14 | -1 | 16 - 18 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 17 | 6-4-7 | 18:23 | -5 | 16 - 18 |
| 10. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 17 | 5-4-8 | 34:33 | 1 | 14 - 20 |
| 11. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 17 | 4-5-8 | 23:34 | -11 | 13 - 21 |
| 12. | |  | HFC Chemie | 17 | 3-7-7 | 21:33 | -12 | 13 - 21 |
| 13. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 17 | 5-2-10 | 24:38 | -14 | 12 - 22 |
| 14. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 3-3-11 | 11:31 | -20 | 9 - 25 |