| Werder Bremen II beat SC Norderstedt 3-2 (H) on 10 Nov 1996 |
| SC Norderstedt beat St Pauli II 2-0 (A) on 26 Oct 1996 |
| St Pauli II beat SV Lurup 2-0 (A) on 6 Oct 1996 |
| SV Lurup beat TuS Celle 1-0 (A) on 10 Nov 1996 |
| TuS Celle beat Hamburger SV II 2-1 (H) on 29 Sep 1996 |
| Hamburger SV II beat SV Wilhelmshaven 3-2 (A) on 18 Aug 1996 |
| SV Wilhelmshaven beat SC Göttingen 05 2-0 (A) on 25 Aug 1996 |
| SC Göttingen 05 beat Sportfreunde Ricklingen 2-1 (H) on 8 Sep 1996 |
| Sportfreunde Ricklingen beat Kickers Emden 2-1 (H) on 18 Aug 1996 |
| Kickers Emden beat VfL Osnabrück 2-1 (H) on 11 Oct 1996 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Concordia Hamburg 2-0 (H) on 4 Oct 1996 |
| Concordia Hamburg beat Altona 4-0 (H) on 27 Sep 1996 |
| Altona beat VfL Herzlake 1-0 (H) on 3 Nov 1996 |
| VfL Herzlake beat Lüneburger SK 2-0 (H) on 15 Sep 1996 |
| Lüneburger SK beat Atlas Delmenhorst 1-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1996 |
| Atlas Delmenhorst beat Eintracht Braunschweig 3-2 (H) on 8 Sep 1996 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Hannover 3-2 (H) on 30 Aug 1996 |
| Hannover beat Werder Bremen II 1-0 (H) on 6 Oct 1996 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.