| Saint Étienne beat Brest Armorique 1-0 (H) on 7 Feb 1982 |
| Brest Armorique beat Metz 2-0 (H) on 16 Jan 1982 |
| Metz beat SC Bastia 2-0 (H) on 27 Oct 1981 |
| SC Bastia beat Lens 1-0 (H) on 24 Jul 1981 |
| Lens beat Nice 1-0 (H) on 6 Oct 1981 |
| Nice beat Montpellier La Paillade 1-0 (H) on 7 Aug 1981 |
| Montpellier La Paillade beat Stade Lavallois 2-1 (H) on 3 Oct 1981 |
| Stade Lavallois beat Brest 1-0 (H) on 19 Dec 1981 |
| Brest beat Valenciennes Anzin 3-0 (H) on 27 Oct 1981 |
| Valenciennes Anzin beat Nancy 2-1 (H) on 10 Nov 1981 |
| Nancy beat Tours 2-0 (H) on 21 Aug 1981 |
| Tours beat Olympique Lyonnais 3-0 (H) on 19 Dec 1981 |
| Olympique Lyonnais beat Lille 4-1 (H) on 31 Jan 1982 |
| Lille beat Nantes 2-1 (A) on 21 Aug 1981 |
| Nantes beat Strasbourg 2-0 (H) on 7 Aug 1981 |
| Strasbourg beat PSG 2-0 (H) on 28 Aug 1981 |
| PSG beat Sochaux 1-0 (H) on 21 Aug 1981 |
| Sochaux beat Auxerre 5-0 (H) on 6 Oct 1981 |
| Auxerre beat Bordeaux 3-2 (H) on 21 Nov 1981 |
| Bordeaux beat Monaco 1-0 (A) on 6 Oct 1981 |
| Monaco beat Saint Étienne 1-0 (H) on 28 Nov 1981 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.