| Sa., 09.06.1973 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:2 |
| Sa., 09.06.1973 | 1. FC Union Berlin - HFC Chemie | 2:0 |
| Sa., 09.06.1973 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 3:0 |
| Sa., 09.06.1973 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:0 |
| Sa., 09.06.1973 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 3:1 |
| Sa., 09.06.1973 | FC Hansa Rostock - BSG Wismut Aue | 0:0 |
| Sa., 09.06.1973 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - BFC Dynamo | 4:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 22 | 15-6-1 | 49:21 | 28 | 36 - 8 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 22 | 11-9-2 | 36:19 | 17 | 31 - 13 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 22 | 12-5-5 | 39:20 | 19 | 29 - 15 |
| 4. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 22 | 10-7-5 | 28:24 | 4 | 27 - 17 |
| 5. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 22 | 8-6-8 | 47:39 | 8 | 22 - 22 |
| 6. |  |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 22 | 8-5-9 | 46:39 | 7 | 21 - 23 |
| 7. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 22 | 7-7-8 | 35:37 | -2 | 21 - 23 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 22 | 7-7-8 | 31:34 | -3 | 21 - 23 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 22 | 7-6-9 | 23:34 | -11 | 20 - 24 |
| 10. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 22 | 6-7-9 | 33:38 | -5 | 19 - 25 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 22 | 4-10-8 | 16:22 | -6 | 18 - 26 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 22 | 6-4-12 | 20:35 | -15 | 16 - 28 |
| 13. | |  | HFC Chemie | 22 | 3-8-11 | 28:47 | -19 | 14 - 30 |
| 14. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 22 | 5-3-14 | 28:50 | -22 | 13 - 31 |