| Greuther Fürth beat Ulm 2-0 (H) on 6 Dec 1998 |
| Ulm beat Wattenscheid 2-0 (H) on 2 Aug 1998 |
| Wattenscheid beat Stuttgarter Kickers 2-0 (A) on 4 Oct 1998 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat SpVgg Unterhaching 1-0 (H) on 6 Nov 1998 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching beat Uerdingen 2-0 (H) on 31 Oct 1998 |
| Uerdingen beat St Pauli 3-2 (A) on 1 Dec 1998 |
| St Pauli beat TeBe Berlin 1-0 (H) on 31 Jul 1998 |
| TeBe Berlin beat Energie Cottbus 1-0 (H) on 9 Aug 1998 |
| Energie Cottbus beat Karlsruhe 4-0 (H) on 23 Aug 1998 |
| Karlsruhe beat Fortuna Köln 1-0 (A) on 20 Sep 1998 |
| Fortuna Köln beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 (H) on 31 Jul 1998 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Hannover 2-0 (A) on 1 Nov 1998 |
| Hannover beat Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 (A) on 10 Aug 1998 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Rot Weiß Oberhausen 5-1 (A) on 18 Sep 1998 |
| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat Gütersloh 3-0 (H) on 20 Nov 1998 |
| Gütersloh beat Mainz 6-1 (H) on 4 Oct 1998 |
| Mainz beat Köln 2-1 (H) on 21 Aug 1998 |
| Köln beat Greuther Fürth 1-0 (H) on 15 Nov 1998 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.