| So., 16.05.1971 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BSG Chemie Glauchau | 4:0 |
| So., 16.05.1971 | BSG Motor Wema Plauen - BSG Motor Nordhausen-West | 2:1 |
| So., 16.05.1971 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - FC Carl Zeiss Jena II | 2:0 |
| So., 16.05.1971 | HFC Chemie II - SG Dynamo Dresden II | 2:0 |
| So., 16.05.1971 | BSG Motor Steinach - BSG Wismut Gera | 1:2 |
| So., 16.05.1971 | FSV Lok Dresden - BSG Chemie Leipzig II | 3:1 |
| So., 16.05.1971 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau II - ASG Vorwärts Meiningen | 1:2 |
| So., 16.05.1971 | BSG Aktivist Kali-Werra Tiefenort - SG Dynamo Eisleben | 1:3 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 27 | 20-4-3 | 65:16 | 49 | 44 - 10 |
| 2. | |  | BSG Motor Wema Plauen | 27 | 16-4-7 | 44:31 | 13 | 36 - 18 |
| 3. |  |  | ASG Vorwärts Meiningen | 27 | 11-11-5 | 48:28 | 20 | 33 - 21 |
| 4. |  |  | BSG Motor Nordhausen-West | 27 | 12-9-6 | 45:32 | 13 | 33 - 21 |
| 5. | |  | HFC Chemie II | 27 | 12-9-6 | 40:37 | 3 | 33 - 21 |
| 6. | |  | BSG Wismut Gera | 27 | 11-10-6 | 32:25 | 7 | 32 - 22 |
| 7. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 27 | 11-7-9 | 37:30 | 7 | 29 - 25 |
| 8. | |  | FSV Lok Dresden | 27 | 10-9-8 | 35:30 | 5 | 29 - 25 |
| 9. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena II | 27 | 9-9-9 | 37:35 | 2 | 27 - 27 |
| 10. | |  | SG Dynamo Eisleben | 27 | 7-9-11 | 35:40 | -5 | 23 - 31 |
| 11. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden II | 27 | 6-10-11 | 35:38 | -3 | 22 - 32 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Aktivist Kali-Werra Tiefenort | 27 | 6-10-11 | 30:44 | -14 | 22 - 32 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Motor Steinach | 27 | 7-5-15 | 25:34 | -9 | 19 - 35 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig II | 27 | 6-7-14 | 32:56 | -24 | 19 - 35 |
| 15. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau II | 27 | 6-5-16 | 27:57 | -30 | 17 - 37 |
| 16. | |  | BSG Chemie Glauchau | 27 | 2-10-15 | 20:54 | -34 | 14 - 40 |