| Nice beat Sochaux 5-0 (H) on 16 Oct 1949 |
| Sochaux beat Rennes 2-1 (H) on 4 Sep 1949 |
| Rennes beat Montpelliérain 6-5 (A) on 18 Sep 1949 |
| Montpelliérain beat Nancy 2-1 (H) on 21 Aug 1949 |
| Nancy beat Marseille 4-0 (H) on 28 Aug 1949 |
| Marseille beat Bordeaux 3-0 (H) on 21 Aug 1949 |
| Bordeaux beat Strasbourg 6-0 (H) on 16 Oct 1949 |
| Strasbourg beat Stade Red Star 3-1 (H) on 11 Sep 1949 |
| Stade Red Star beat Sète 4-0 (H) on 24 Sep 1949 |
| Sète beat Reims 3-1 (H) on 22 Sep 1949 |
| Reims beat Racing 4-2 (A) on 11 Sep 1949 |
| Racing beat Lille 3-1 (H) on 2 Oct 1949 |
| Lille beat Saint Étienne 4-3 (A) on 21 Aug 1949 |
| Saint Étienne beat Toulouse 3-0 (H) on 28 Aug 1949 |
| Toulouse beat CO Roubaix Tourcoing 1-0 (A) on 21 Aug 1949 |
| CO Roubaix Tourcoing beat Lens 1-0 (H) on 4 Sep 1949 |
| Lens beat Metz 5-3 (H) on 28 Aug 1949 |
| Metz beat Nice 2-0 (A) on 25 Sep 1949 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.