| Paderborn beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-2 (A) on 16 Dec 2011 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Energie Cottbus 4-2 (H) on 24 Sep 2011 |
| Energie Cottbus beat VfL Bochum 1-0 (A) on 21 Nov 2011 |
| VfL Bochum beat MSV Duisburg 2-1 (H) on 25 Sep 2011 |
| MSV Duisburg beat Eintracht Braunschweig 3-0 (H) on 18 Nov 2011 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Greuther Fürth 3-1 (A) on 31 Oct 2011 |
| Greuther Fürth beat Ingolstadt 3-0 (H) on 19 Aug 2011 |
| Ingolstadt beat St Pauli 1-0 (H) on 11 Dec 2011 |
| St Pauli beat Hansa Rostock 3-1 (A) on 19 Nov 2011 |
| Hansa Rostock beat 1860 München 2-0 (H) on 14 Oct 2011 |
| 1860 München beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 (H) on 26 Nov 2011 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat FSV Frankfurt 4-0 (A) on 21 Aug 2011 |
| FSV Frankfurt beat Alemannia Aachen 3-1 (A) on 30 Sep 2011 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat Karlsruhe 2-0 (A) on 26 Nov 2011 |
| Karlsruhe beat Erzgebirge Aue 2-0 (A) on 7 Aug 2011 |
| Erzgebirge Aue beat Dynamo Dresden 2-1 (A) on 20 Nov 2011 |
| Dynamo Dresden beat Union Berlin 4-0 (H) on 12 Aug 2011 |
| Union Berlin beat Paderborn 3-0 (H) on 5 Aug 2011 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.