The winner of the final also qualified for the 1988 Currie Cup Semi-Final.
As champions of Division B, Northern Free State qualified to the semi-finals of the main Currie Cup competition, where they met Division A runners-up Western Province.
Free State were initially relegated, but Division A was expanded to 8 teams and they retained their place.
In the relegation play-offs, South Eastern Transvaal beat Eastern Free State on aggregate and won promotion to the 1989 Currie Cup Division B.
Eastern Free State were initially relegated to the 1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division A, but due to the Currie Cup Division A's subsequent expansion to 8 teams, they retained their place.