| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Karlsruhe 2-0 (H) on 2 Oct 1981 |
| Karlsruhe beat Werder Bremen 3-0 (H) on 25 Sep 1981 |
| Werder Bremen beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-2 (A) on 8 Aug 1981 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Nürnberg 4-2 (H) on 19 Sep 1981 |
| Nürnberg beat Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 (H) on 26 Sep 1981 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Eintracht Braunschweig 2-1 (H) on 5 Sep 1981 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Bayern München 3-1 (H) on 12 Sep 1981 |
| Bayern München beat Bayer Leverkusen 6-2 (H) on 8 Aug 1981 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Darmstadt 3-2 (H) on 21 Aug 1981 |
| Darmstadt beat VfL Bochum 2-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1981 |
| VfL Bochum beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 (H) on 5 Sep 1981 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Hamburger SV 3-2 (H) on 12 Sep 1981 |
| Hamburger SV beat Köln 3-1 (H) on 5 Sep 1981 |
| Köln beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0 (H) on 8 Aug 1981 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat MSV Duisburg 2-1 (H) on 26 Aug 1981 |
| MSV Duisburg beat Kaiserslautern 3-1 (H) on 21 Aug 1981 |
| Kaiserslautern beat VfB Stuttgart 3-2 (H) on 25 Aug 1981 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-2 (H) on 8 Aug 1981 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.