| Sa., 16.06.1973 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - 1. FC Union Berlin | 3:0 |
| Sa., 16.06.1973 | BFC Dynamo - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3:2 |
| Sa., 16.06.1973 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 4:2 |
| Sa., 16.06.1973 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BSG Wismut Aue | 3:0 |
| Sa., 16.06.1973 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3:0 |
| Sa., 16.06.1973 | FC Hansa Rostock - HFC Chemie | 1:2 |
| Sa., 16.06.1973 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 2:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 16-6-2 | 55:27 | 28 | 38 - 10 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 24 | 13-9-2 | 41:20 | 21 | 35 - 13 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 24 | 13-6-5 | 43:21 | 22 | 32 - 16 |
| 4. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 24 | 10-8-6 | 29:28 | 1 | 28 - 20 |
| 5. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 24 | 10-6-8 | 52:39 | 13 | 26 - 22 |
| 6. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 24 | 10-5-9 | 51:40 | 11 | 25 - 23 |
| 7. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 24 | 8-8-8 | 38:39 | -1 | 24 - 24 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 24 | 7-8-9 | 34:39 | -5 | 22 - 26 |
| 9. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 24 | 6-8-10 | 35:41 | -6 | 20 - 28 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 24 | 7-6-11 | 24:39 | -15 | 20 - 28 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 24 | 4-11-9 | 17:24 | -7 | 19 - 29 |
| 12. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 24 | 4-8-12 | 30:50 | -20 | 16 - 32 |
| 13. |  |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 24 | 6-4-14 | 20:41 | -21 | 16 - 32 |
| 14. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 24 | 6-3-15 | 34:55 | -21 | 15 - 33 |