| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Wattenscheid 1-0 (H) on 7 Oct 1989 |
| Wattenscheid beat SpVgg Unterhaching 1-0 (H) on 2 Sep 1989 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching beat Freiburg 3-2 (A) on 29 Jul 1989 |
| Freiburg beat VfL Osnabrück 3-1 (H) on 16 Aug 1989 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Fortuna Köln 2-0 (A) on 30 Sep 1989 |
| Fortuna Köln beat SV Meppen 3-0 (H) on 2 Sep 1989 |
| SV Meppen beat Darmstadt 3-0 (H) on 20 Sep 1989 |
| Darmstadt beat Schalke 3-2 (H) on 17 Sep 1989 |
| Schalke beat SpVgg Bayreuth 2-1 (H) on 20 Sep 1989 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth beat Preußen Münster 2-1 (H) on 16 Aug 1989 |
| Preußen Münster beat Blau Weiß Berlin 2-0 (H) on 30 Sep 1989 |
| Blau Weiß Berlin beat Rot Weiss Essen 2-0 (H) on 16 Aug 1989 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat Alemannia Aachen 1-0 (A) on 17 Sep 1989 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat Saarbrücken 2-1 (H) on 7 Oct 1989 |
| Saarbrücken beat Hannover 2-0 (H) on 12 Aug 1989 |
| Hannover beat Stuttgarter Kickers 5-1 (H) on 20 Sep 1989 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat Hertha Berlin 4-2 (H) on 16 Aug 1989 |
| Hertha Berlin beat MSV Duisburg 2-1 (H) on 23 Aug 1989 |
| MSV Duisburg beat Hessen Kassel 3-1 (H) on 20 Sep 1989 |
| Hessen Kassel beat Eintracht Braunschweig 2-1 (H) on 17 Sep 1989 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.