| VfL Bochum beat Hannover 4-2 (H) on 6 Feb 2002 |
| Hannover beat Alemannia Aachen 3-0 (H) on 5 Aug 2001 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat Mainz 1-0 (A) on 19 Dec 2001 |
| Mainz beat Karlsruhe 1-0 (H) on 19 Aug 2001 |
| Karlsruhe beat Greuther Fürth 4-2 (H) on 27 Oct 2001 |
| Greuther Fürth beat Saarbrücken 3-1 (H) on 23 Sep 2001 |
| Saarbrücken beat Rot Weiß Oberhausen 1-0 (H) on 24 Nov 2001 |
| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 (H) on 2 Dec 2001 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat SV Babelsberg 03 3-1 (A) on 15 Dec 2001 |
| SV Babelsberg 03 beat Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 (A) on 28 Jul 2001 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat SpVgg Unterhaching 2-0 (H) on 3 Nov 2001 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching beat Union Berlin 2-1 (H) on 2 Dec 2001 |
| Union Berlin beat Schweinfurt 05 3-0 (H) on 23 Sep 2001 |
| Schweinfurt 05 beat LR Ahlen 4-2 (H) on 26 Nov 2001 |
| LR Ahlen beat MSV Duisburg 4-1 (A) on 27 Jul 2001 |
| MSV Duisburg beat Waldhof Mannheim 3-1 (H) on 5 Feb 2002 |
| Waldhof Mannheim beat SSV Reutlingen 1-0 (H) on 1 Dec 2001 |
| SSV Reutlingen beat VfL Bochum 3-0 (H) on 28 Sep 2001 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.