Germany: Bundesliga - 1996-97

Germany: Bundesliga - 1996-97 - Earliest Hamiltonian win cycle
MSV Duisburg beat Köln 3-0 (H) on 5 Oct 1996
Köln beat VfL Bochum 2-0 (H) on 27 Sep 1996
VfL Bochum beat Karlsruhe 3-1 (H) on 7 Sep 1996
Karlsruhe beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 (A) on 24 Aug 1996
Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Borussia Dortmund 5-1 (H) on 21 Sep 1996
Borussia Dortmund beat 1860 München 3-1 (A) on 24 Aug 1996
1860 München beat Freiburg 4-0 (H) on 14 Sep 1996
Freiburg beat Hansa Rostock 1-0 (H) on 28 Sep 1996
Hansa Rostock beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-0 (A) on 13 Sep 1996
Fortuna Düsseldorf beat VfB Stuttgart 2-0 (A) on 21 Sep 1996
VfB Stuttgart beat Hamburger SV 4-0 (A) on 27 Aug 1996
Hamburger SV beat St Pauli 3-0 (H) on 15 Sep 1996
St Pauli beat Arminia Bielefeld 2-1 (A) on 20 Aug 1996
Arminia Bielefeld beat Werder Bremen 3-1 (H) on 5 Oct 1996
Werder Bremen beat Bayern München 3-0 (H) on 28 Sep 1996
Bayern München beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 (H) on 28 Aug 1996
Bayer Leverkusen beat Schalke 2-1 (A) on 28 Sep 1996
Schalke beat MSV Duisburg 1-0 (A) on 7 Sep 1996

HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.