| Sa., 02.11.1968 | 1. FC Union Berlin - FC Vorwärts Berlin | 0:2 |
| Sa., 02.11.1968 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 3:0 |
| Sa., 02.11.1968 | HFC Chemie - FC Hansa Rostock | 1:1 |
| Sa., 02.11.1968 | BSG Wismut Aue - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 0:0 |
| Sa., 02.11.1968 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BSG Stahl Riesa | 3:1 |
| Sa., 02.11.1968 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:0 |
| So., 03.11.1968 | BFC Dynamo - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 12 | 8-1-3 | 25:13 | 12 | 17 - 7 |
| 2. |  |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 12 | 6-5-1 | 25:16 | 9 | 17 - 7 |
| 3. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 12 | 6-4-2 | 26:19 | 7 | 16 - 8 |
| 4. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 12 | 6-3-3 | 20:7 | 13 | 15 - 9 |
| 5. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 12 | 6-2-4 | 18:14 | 4 | 14 - 10 |
| 6. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 12 | 5-3-4 | 15:12 | 3 | 13 - 11 |
| 7. | |  | HFC Chemie | 12 | 5-2-5 | 19:18 | 1 | 12 - 12 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 12 | 4-3-5 | 11:9 | 2 | 11 - 13 |
| 9. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 12 | 5-1-6 | 17:19 | -2 | 11 - 13 |
| 10. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 12 | 4-3-5 | 11:19 | -8 | 11 - 13 |
| 11. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 12 | 4-2-6 | 11:14 | -3 | 10 - 14 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 12 | 3-3-6 | 13:22 | -9 | 9 - 15 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 12 | 3-1-8 | 10:23 | -13 | 7 - 17 |
| 14. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 12 | 1-3-8 | 6:22 | -16 | 5 - 19 |