| So., 26.12.1971 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Wismut Aue | 1:0 |
| So., 26.12.1971 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BSG Stahl Riesa | 2:1 |
| So., 26.12.1971 | HFC Chemie - ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 0:0 |
| So., 26.12.1971 | BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Union Berlin | 1:1 |
| So., 26.12.1971 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Hansa Rostock | 2:0 |
| So., 26.12.1971 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 0:0 |
| So., 26.12.1971 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 12 | 7-3-2 | 18:9 | 9 | 17 - 7 |
| 2. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 12 | 6-4-2 | 22:14 | 8 | 16 - 8 |
| 3. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 12 | 5-5-2 | 24:13 | 11 | 15 - 9 |
| 4. | |  | HFC Chemie | 12 | 5-4-3 | 18:15 | 3 | 14 - 10 |
| 5. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 12 | 5-4-3 | 16:15 | 1 | 14 - 10 |
| 6. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 12 | 4-5-3 | 18:12 | 6 | 13 - 11 |
| 7. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 12 | 5-3-4 | 12:12 | 0 | 13 - 11 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 12 | 3-6-3 | 10:8 | 2 | 12 - 12 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 12 | 5-2-5 | 17:21 | -4 | 12 - 12 |
| 10. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 12 | 4-3-5 | 15:11 | 4 | 11 - 13 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 12 | 1-7-4 | 7:12 | -5 | 9 - 15 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 12 | 3-2-7 | 11:23 | -12 | 8 - 16 |
| 13. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 12 | 2-3-7 | 11:19 | -8 | 7 - 17 |
| 14. | |  | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 12 | 2-3-7 | 10:25 | -15 | 7 - 17 |