| Sa., 28.04.1973 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1:0 |
| Sa., 28.04.1973 | 1. FC Union Berlin - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:1 |
| Sa., 28.04.1973 | HFC Chemie - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 2:2 |
| Sa., 28.04.1973 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BSG Wismut Aue | 4:0 |
| Sa., 28.04.1973 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:0 |
| Sa., 28.04.1973 | FC Hansa Rostock - BFC Dynamo | 5:1 |
| Sa., 28.04.1973 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:3 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 11-6-1 | 38:17 | 21 | 28 - 8 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 18 | 10-6-2 | 29:14 | 15 | 26 - 10 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | 9-5-4 | 33:18 | 15 | 23 - 13 |
| 4. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 18 | 7-6-5 | 31:26 | 5 | 20 - 16 |
| 5. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 18 | 7-6-5 | 23:22 | 1 | 20 - 16 |
| 6. |  |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 18 | 6-6-6 | 25:23 | 2 | 18 - 18 |
| 7. |  |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 18 | 6-5-7 | 34:31 | 3 | 17 - 19 |
| 8. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 18 | 6-4-8 | 35:33 | 2 | 16 - 20 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 18 | 4-8-6 | 13:15 | -2 | 16 - 20 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 18 | 6-4-8 | 18:27 | -9 | 16 - 20 |
| 11. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 18 | 5-5-8 | 28:35 | -7 | 15 - 21 |
| 12. | |  | HFC Chemie | 18 | 3-8-7 | 23:35 | -12 | 14 - 22 |
| 13. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 18 | 5-2-11 | 25:40 | -15 | 12 - 24 |
| 14. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 18 | 4-3-11 | 13:32 | -19 | 11 - 25 |