| Sa., 01.04.1972 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 7:1 |
| Sa., 01.04.1972 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Stahl Riesa | 4:2 |
| Sa., 01.04.1972 | BFC Dynamo - BSG Wismut Aue | 5:1 |
| Sa., 01.04.1972 | HFC Chemie - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2:0 |
| Sa., 01.04.1972 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4:3 |
| Sa., 01.04.1972 | 1. FC Magdeburg - 1. FC Union Berlin | 1:0 |
| Sa., 01.04.1972 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Hansa Rostock | 2:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 22 | 14-4-4 | 42:21 | 21 | 32 - 12 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 22 | 11-7-4 | 40:20 | 20 | 29 - 15 |
| 3. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 22 | 10-7-5 | 50:27 | 23 | 27 - 17 |
| 4. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 22 | 10-5-7 | 32:29 | 3 | 25 - 19 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 22 | 8-7-7 | 28:32 | -4 | 23 - 21 |
| 6. |  |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 22 | 8-6-8 | 27:20 | 7 | 22 - 22 |
| 7. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 22 | 6-10-6 | 20:16 | 4 | 22 - 22 |
| 8. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 22 | 8-6-8 | 27:25 | 2 | 22 - 22 |
| 9. | |  | HFC Chemie | 22 | 8-6-8 | 31:40 | -9 | 22 - 22 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 22 | 7-6-9 | 29:39 | -10 | 20 - 24 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 22 | 4-10-8 | 15:22 | -7 | 18 - 26 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 22 | 5-6-11 | 20:33 | -13 | 16 - 28 |
| 13. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 22 | 6-3-13 | 28:41 | -13 | 15 - 29 |
| 14. | |  | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 22 | 5-5-12 | 18:42 | -24 | 15 - 29 |