1st(1st leg) HFC Chemie - 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 2:1 (1:0)
2nd (2nd leg) 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig - HFC Chemie 3:1 (3:1)
1st(1st leg): 25/11/1972 2nd (2nd leg): 02/12/1972 Winner: 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
1st(1st leg) SG Dynamo Schwerin - 1. FC Magdeburg 0:5 (0:2)
2nd (2nd leg) 1. FC Magdeburg - SG Dynamo Schwerin 1:0 (0:0)
1st(1st leg): 25/11/1972 2nd (2nd leg): 02/12/1972 Winner: 1. FC Magdeburg
1st(1st leg) Hansa Rostock II - BSG Chemie Zeitz 3:0 (1:0)
2nd (2nd leg) BSG Chemie Zeitz - Hansa Rostock II 0:1 (0:1)
1st(1st leg): 25/11/1972 2nd (2nd leg): 02/12/1972 Winner: Hansa Rostock II
1st(1st leg) FC Carl Zeiss Jena - Hansa Rostock 4:1 (3:1)
2nd (2nd leg) Hansa Rostock - FC Carl Zeiss Jena 3:0 (1:0)
1st(1st leg): 25/11/1972 2nd (2nd leg): 02/12/1972 Winner: Hansa Rostock
1st(1st leg) BFC Dynamo - ASG Vorwärts Leipzig 5:1 (2:0)
2nd (2nd leg) ASG Vorwärts Leipzig - BFC Dynamo 1:2 (0:1)
1st(1st leg): 25/11/1972 2nd (2nd leg): 02/12/1972 Winner: BFC Dynamo
1st(1st leg) Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Stahl Riesa 2:0 (2:0)
2nd (2nd leg) BSG Stahl Riesa - Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1:0 (1:0)
1st(1st leg): 25/11/1972 2nd (2nd leg): 02/12/1972 Winner: Rot-Weiß Erfurt
1st(1st leg) Dynamo Dresden - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 8:1 (4:1)
2nd (2nd leg) FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - Dynamo Dresden 2:3 (1:1)
1st(1st leg): 25/11/1972 2nd (2nd leg): 02/12/1972 Winner: Dynamo Dresden
1st(1st leg) 1. FC Union Berlin - BSG Chemie Leipzig 0:0 (0:0)
2nd (2nd leg) BSG Chemie Leipzig - 1. FC Union Berlin 1:1 (1:1)
1st(1st leg): 26/11/1972 2nd (2nd leg): 03/12/1972 Winner: 1. FC Union Berlin