| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Fortuna Köln 3-0 (A) on 4 Oct 1997 |
| Fortuna Köln beat SpVgg Unterhaching 1-0 (A) on 8 Aug 1997 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching beat Stuttgarter Kickers 3-2 (A) on 14 Sep 1997 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat Carl Zeiss Jena 2-1 (H) on 3 Aug 1997 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 (H) on 28 Sep 1997 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Energie Cottbus 1-0 (A) on 22 Aug 1997 |
| Energie Cottbus beat SV Meppen 1-0 (H) on 14 Sep 1997 |
| SV Meppen beat Nürnberg 1-0 (H) on 21 Sep 1997 |
| Nürnberg beat Freiburg 4-1 (H) on 4 Aug 1997 |
| Freiburg beat Gütersloh 2-1 (A) on 10 Aug 1997 |
| Gütersloh beat VfB Leipzig 1-0 (H) on 30 Aug 1997 |
| VfB Leipzig beat Uerdingen 2-1 (H) on 29 Sep 1997 |
| Uerdingen beat Wattenscheid 2-1 (H) on 8 Aug 1997 |
| Wattenscheid beat Greuther Fürth 2-1 (H) on 14 Sep 1997 |
| Greuther Fürth beat FSV Zwickau 1-0 (H) on 10 Aug 1997 |
| FSV Zwickau beat St Pauli 4-0 (H) on 24 Aug 1997 |
| St Pauli beat Mainz 2-0 (H) on 11 Aug 1997 |
| Mainz beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-0 (H) on 21 Sep 1997 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.