| Orléans beat Montceau Bourgogne 2-1 (H) on 26 Sep 1987 |
| Montceau Bourgogne beat Sporting Étoile Club Bastia 2-1 (H) on 19 Aug 1987 |
| Sporting Étoile Club Bastia beat Sochaux Montbéliard 1-0 (H) on 12 Sep 1987 |
| Sochaux Montbéliard beat Olympique Lyonnais 7-1 (A) on 8 Aug 1987 |
| Olympique Lyonnais beat Tours 3-0 (H) on 24 Jul 1987 |
| Tours beat Martigues 2-1 (H) on 12 Sep 1987 |
| Martigues beat Football Club Grenoble Dauphiné 3-2 (H) on 1 Aug 1987 |
| Football Club Grenoble Dauphiné beat CS Cuiseaux Louhans 2-1 (H) on 8 Aug 1987 |
| CS Cuiseaux Louhans beat Olympique d'Alès en Cévennes 2-0 (H) on 2 Sep 1987 |
| Olympique d'Alès en Cévennes beat Gueugnon 2-1 (H) on 29 Aug 1987 |
| Gueugnon beat CO Le Puy 3-2 (H) on 26 Sep 1987 |
| CO Le Puy beat Sète 1-0 (H) on 12 Sep 1987 |
| Sète beat SO Châtellerault 3-0 (H) on 17 Jul 1987 |
| SO Châtellerault beat Nîmes 1-0 (H) on 8 Aug 1987 |
| Nîmes beat Gazélec Ajaccio 1-0 (H) on 1 Aug 1987 |
| Gazélec Ajaccio beat Cercle Football Dijon 2-0 (H) on 25 Jul 1987 |
| Cercle Football Dijon beat Istres Sports 2-1 (H) on 1 Aug 1987 |
| Istres Sports beat Orléans 3-1 (H) on 11 Sep 1987 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.