| Fr., 17.03.1972 | BFC Dynamo - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:0 |
| Sa., 18.03.1972 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BSG Stahl Riesa | 1:0 |
| Sa., 18.03.1972 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 0:0 |
| Sa., 18.03.1972 | FC Hansa Rostock - 1. FC Union Berlin | 0:1 |
| Sa., 18.03.1972 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5:1 |
| Sa., 18.03.1972 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Wismut Aue | 3:2 |
| Sa., 18.03.1972 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - HFC Chemie | 0:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 | 12-4-4 | 40:21 | 19 | 28 - 12 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 20 | 10-7-3 | 33:16 | 17 | 27 - 13 |
| 3. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 9-6-5 | 45:24 | 21 | 24 - 16 |
| 4. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 20 | 9-5-6 | 29:25 | 4 | 23 - 17 |
| 5. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 20 | 7-7-6 | 23:26 | -3 | 21 - 19 |
| 6. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 20 | 7-6-7 | 24:17 | 7 | 20 - 20 |
| 7. | |  | HFC Chemie | 20 | 7-6-7 | 28:36 | -8 | 20 - 20 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 20 | 5-9-6 | 18:16 | 2 | 19 - 21 |
| 9. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 20 | 7-5-8 | 20:24 | -4 | 19 - 21 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 20 | 7-5-8 | 27:33 | -6 | 19 - 21 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 20 | 4-9-7 | 15:21 | -6 | 17 - 23 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 20 | 5-5-10 | 18:29 | -11 | 15 - 25 |
| 13. | |  | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 20 | 5-5-10 | 17:34 | -17 | 15 - 25 |
| 14. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 20 | 5-3-12 | 21:36 | -15 | 13 - 27 |