| Sa., 30.09.1972 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BSG Wismut Aue | 2:0 |
| Sa., 30.09.1972 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3:0 |
| Sa., 30.09.1972 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - HFC Chemie | 1:1 |
| Sa., 30.09.1972 | BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Union Berlin | 1:2 |
| Sa., 30.09.1972 | SG Dynamo Dresden - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 2:1 |
| Sa., 30.09.1972 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Hansa Rostock | 3:2 |
| Sa., 30.09.1972 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 3:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 3 | 3-0-0 | 8:2 | 6 | 6 - 0 |
| 2. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 3 | 3-0-0 | 7:1 | 6 | 6 - 0 |
| 3. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 3 | 3-0-0 | 4:1 | 3 | 6 - 0 |
| 4. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 3 | 2-1-0 | 7:4 | 3 | 5 - 1 |
| 5. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 3 | 1-1-1 | 8:6 | 2 | 3 - 3 |
| 6. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 3 | 1-1-1 | 3:3 | 0 | 3 - 3 |
| 7. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 3 | 0-2-1 | 6:7 | -1 | 2 - 4 |
| 8. | |  | HFC Chemie | 3 | 0-2-1 | 3:4 | -1 | 2 - 4 |
| 9. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 3 | 1-0-2 | 2:3 | -1 | 2 - 4 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 3 | 0-2-1 | 2:3 | -1 | 2 - 4 |
| 11. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3 | 1-0-2 | 3:5 | -2 | 2 - 4 |
| 12. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3 | 1-0-2 | 3:8 | -5 | 2 - 4 |
| 13. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 3 | 0-1-2 | 4:7 | -3 | 1 - 5 |
| 14. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 3 | 0-0-3 | 2:8 | -6 | 0 - 6 |