| Sa., 12.05.1973 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 5:1 |
| Sa., 12.05.1973 | 1. FC Union Berlin - BSG Wismut Aue | 3:0 |
| Sa., 12.05.1973 | HFC Chemie - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:1 |
| Sa., 12.05.1973 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BFC Dynamo | 2:0 |
| Sa., 12.05.1973 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1:1 |
| Sa., 12.05.1973 | FC Hansa Rostock - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3:0 |
| Sa., 12.05.1973 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:3 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 13-6-1 | 42:19 | 23 | 32 - 8 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 20 | 10-8-2 | 31:16 | 15 | 28 - 12 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 | 10-5-5 | 35:19 | 16 | 25 - 15 |
| 4. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 20 | 9-6-5 | 25:22 | 3 | 24 - 16 |
| 5. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 20 | 7-7-6 | 32:29 | 3 | 21 - 19 |
| 6. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 20 | 8-4-8 | 43:35 | 8 | 20 - 20 |
| 7. |  |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 20 | 6-7-7 | 28:30 | -2 | 19 - 21 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 20 | 4-10-6 | 15:17 | -2 | 18 - 22 |
| 9. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 20 | 6-6-8 | 32:36 | -4 | 18 - 22 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 20 | 7-4-9 | 21:32 | -11 | 18 - 22 |
| 11. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 20 | 6-5-9 | 36:35 | 1 | 17 - 23 |
| 12. | |  | HFC Chemie | 20 | 3-8-9 | 25:39 | -14 | 14 - 26 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 20 | 5-4-11 | 18:34 | -16 | 14 - 26 |
| 14. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 20 | 5-2-13 | 26:46 | -20 | 12 - 28 |