The competition started with a qualifying round comprising the 30 finalists of the 15 regional district cups (German: Bezirkspokal), 54 teams from the third tier II.
SC Chemie Halle and BSG Rotation Babelsberg were the only remaining teams from the DDR-Liga in the Round of 16.
SC Dynamo Berlin, on the other hand, only managed to defeat BSG Motor Zwickau 2–1 in extra time.
No goal was scored after 120 minutes in the first final, due to effective defending from both teams and a lack of efficiency in the attack.
The replay was marked by constructive runs, which managed to put the attacking players in successful positions.
SC Dynamo Berlin was awarded a penalty kick, after a foul by Siegfried Wolf at Hermann Bley.
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Staft player Bringfried Müller suddenly blew all fuses and attacked the referees with wild insults.
The match calmed down after an equalizer by Kaiser with a high cross that went directly into the goal of SC Synamo Berlin.