| Nîmes beat Marseille 3-1 (A) on 6 Nov 1981 |
| Marseille beat Gueugnon 2-0 (A) on 8 Aug 1981 |
| Gueugnon beat Toulon 1-0 (H) on 19 Sep 1981 |
| Toulon beat Association Sportive Libourne 1-0 (H) on 8 Aug 1981 |
| Association Sportive Libourne beat Paris FC 3-0 (H) on 14 Aug 1981 |
| Paris FC beat CS Cuiseaux Louhans 3-0 (H) on 9 Aug 1981 |
| CS Cuiseaux Louhans beat AAJ Blois 2-1 (H) on 24 Oct 1981 |
| AAJ Blois beat CS Thonon les Bains 2-1 (A) on 1 Aug 1981 |
| CS Thonon les Bains beat Toulouse 1-0 (H) on 3 Oct 1981 |
| Toulouse beat Cannes 1-0 (H) on 10 Oct 1981 |
| Cannes beat SR Saint Dié 5-1 (H) on 28 Aug 1981 |
| SR Saint Dié beat Martigues 5-3 (H) on 22 Aug 1981 |
| Martigues beat Club sportif Fontainebleau 1-0 (A) on 2 Sep 1981 |
| Club sportif Fontainebleau beat Orléans 3-2 (H) on 22 Aug 1981 |
| Orléans beat Football Club Association Sportive Grenoble 1-0 (H) on 1 Aug 1981 |
| Football Club Association Sportive Grenoble beat Béziers 2-1 (A) on 23 Oct 1981 |
| Béziers beat Gazélec Ajaccio 2-0 (H) on 10 Oct 1981 |
| Gazélec Ajaccio beat Nîmes 3-1 (H) on 22 Aug 1981 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.