| Sa., 05.05.1973 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:0 |
| Sa., 05.05.1973 | BSG Wismut Aue - HFC Chemie | 3:2 |
| Sa., 05.05.1973 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - 1. FC Union Berlin | 2:2 |
| Sa., 05.05.1973 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:3 |
| Sa., 05.05.1973 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - FC Hansa Rostock | 1:1 |
| Sa., 05.05.1973 | BFC Dynamo - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:1 |
| Sa., 05.05.1973 | SG Dynamo Dresden - 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 12-6-1 | 39:17 | 22 | 30 - 8 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 19 | 10-7-2 | 30:15 | 15 | 27 - 11 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 19 | 9-5-5 | 33:19 | 14 | 23 - 15 |
| 4. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 19 | 8-6-5 | 24:22 | 2 | 22 - 16 |
| 5. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 19 | 7-7-5 | 32:27 | 5 | 21 - 17 |
| 6. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 19 | 6-7-6 | 27:25 | 2 | 19 - 19 |
| 7. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 19 | 7-4-8 | 38:34 | 4 | 18 - 20 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 19 | 7-4-8 | 21:29 | -8 | 18 - 20 |
| 9. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 19 | 6-5-8 | 34:32 | 2 | 17 - 21 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 19 | 4-9-6 | 14:16 | -2 | 17 - 21 |
| 11. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 19 | 5-6-8 | 29:36 | -7 | 16 - 22 |
| 12. | |  | HFC Chemie | 19 | 3-8-8 | 25:38 | -13 | 14 - 24 |
| 13. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 19 | 5-2-12 | 26:43 | -17 | 12 - 26 |
| 14. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 19 | 4-4-11 | 15:34 | -19 | 12 - 26 |