| Sa., 27.04.1968 | BSG Motor Zwickau - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1:0 |
| Sa., 27.04.1968 | FC Hansa Rostock - 1. FC Magdeburg | 3:2 |
| Sa., 27.04.1968 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - HFC Chemie | 2:0 |
| Sa., 27.04.1968 | BSG Lokomotive Stendal - BSG Wismut Aue | 2:1 |
| Sa., 27.04.1968 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:1 |
| Sa., 27.04.1968 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - 1. FC Union Berlin | 0:1 |
| Sa., 27.04.1968 | FC Vorwärts Berlin - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 20 | 13-4-3 | 39:16 | 23 | 30 - 10 |
| 2. |  |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 20 | 12-4-4 | 31:21 | 10 | 28 - 12 |
| 3. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 | 12-4-4 | 35:27 | 8 | 28 - 12 |
| 4. | |  | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 20 | 6-9-5 | 24:23 | 1 | 21 - 19 |
| 5. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 20 | 7-6-7 | 31:25 | 6 | 20 - 20 |
| 6. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 20 | 8-3-9 | 28:31 | -3 | 19 - 21 |
| 7. | |  | BSG Motor Zwickau | 20 | 8-2-10 | 31:29 | 2 | 18 - 22 |
| 8. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 20 | 5-7-8 | 26:26 | 0 | 17 - 23 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 20 | 8-1-11 | 26:33 | -7 | 17 - 23 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 20 | 6-5-9 | 23:31 | -8 | 17 - 23 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 20 | 6-5-9 | 20:32 | -12 | 17 - 23 |
| 12. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 3-10-7 | 16:20 | -4 | 16 - 24 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 20 | 6-4-10 | 20:26 | -6 | 16 - 24 |
| 14. | |  | HFC Chemie | 20 | 6-4-10 | 25:35 | -10 | 16 - 24 |