| Wuppertaler SV beat Holstein Kiel 3-2 (H) on 26 Oct 1979 |
| Holstein Kiel beat Preußen Münster 3-0 (H) on 9 Aug 1979 |
| Preußen Münster beat Arminia Hannover 3-2 (H) on 18 Aug 1979 |
| Arminia Hannover beat VfL Osnabrück 2-0 (H) on 28 Jul 1979 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Rot Weiss Essen 2-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat Wattenscheid 5-0 (H) on 9 Aug 1979 |
| Wattenscheid beat SC Viktoria 04 Köln 1-0 (H) on 29 Jul 1979 |
| SC Viktoria 04 Köln beat OSV Hannover 5-2 (H) on 18 Aug 1979 |
| OSV Hannover beat Rot Weiß Lüdenscheid 4-1 (H) on 9 Aug 1979 |
| Rot Weiß Lüdenscheid beat TeBe Berlin 5-1 (H) on 26 Oct 1979 |
| TeBe Berlin beat Alemannia Aachen 3-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat DSC Wanne Eickel 1-0 (H) on 3 Aug 1979 |
| DSC Wanne Eickel beat Hannover 1-0 (H) on 7 Sep 1979 |
| Hannover beat Rot Weiß Oberhausen 3-2 (H) on 26 Oct 1979 |
| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Fortuna Köln 3-0 (H) on 19 Oct 1979 |
| Fortuna Köln beat OSC Bremerhaven 5-0 (H) on 18 Aug 1979 |
| OSC Bremerhaven beat SG Union Solingen 2-1 (H) on 26 Oct 1979 |
| SG Union Solingen beat SC Herford 3-2 (H) on 19 Oct 1979 |
| SC Herford beat Wuppertaler SV 1-0 (H) on 14 Sep 1979 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.