| Mi., 20.06.1973 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 4:2 |
| Mi., 20.06.1973 | 1. FC Union Berlin - FC Hansa Rostock | 2:1 |
| Mi., 20.06.1973 | HFC Chemie - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:2 |
| Mi., 20.06.1973 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - 1. FC Magdeburg | 3:2 |
| Mi., 20.06.1973 | BSG Wismut Aue - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:4 |
| Mi., 20.06.1973 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BFC Dynamo | 2:0 |
| Mi., 20.06.1973 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 17-6-2 | 59:29 | 30 | 40 - 10 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 25 | 14-9-2 | 43:21 | 22 | 37 - 13 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 25 | 13-6-6 | 45:24 | 21 | 32 - 18 |
| 4. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 25 | 11-8-6 | 32:30 | 2 | 30 - 20 |
| 5. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 25 | 11-6-8 | 56:41 | 15 | 28 - 22 |
| 6. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 25 | 10-5-10 | 53:44 | 9 | 25 - 25 |
| 7. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 25 | 8-8-9 | 38:41 | -3 | 24 - 26 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 25 | 8-8-9 | 36:39 | -3 | 24 - 26 |
| 9. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 25 | 6-8-11 | 36:43 | -7 | 20 - 30 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 25 | 7-6-12 | 26:43 | -17 | 20 - 30 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 25 | 4-11-10 | 17:25 | -8 | 19 - 31 |
| 12. |  |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 25 | 7-4-14 | 22:42 | -20 | 18 - 32 |
| 13. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 25 | 7-3-15 | 35:55 | -20 | 17 - 33 |
| 14. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 25 | 4-8-13 | 31:52 | -21 | 16 - 34 |