Each team played each other home and away, with Wolfsburg gaining promotion to the 1992–93 2.
FC Union Berlin and FSV Zwickau qualified for the promotion round to the 2.
VfL Wolfsburg was also assigned to the promotion round by winning the Oberliga Nord.
The four teams faced each other in two legs and thus each played six matches to determine.
VfL Wolfsburg ultimately prevailed, which meant that no team from the former East Germany achieved promotion.