| Rot Weiss Essen beat VfB Lübeck 3-0 (A) on 29 Sep 2001 |
| VfB Lübeck beat Preußen Münster 4-1 (H) on 17 Aug 2001 |
| Preußen Münster beat Paderborn 2-1 (H) on 21 Sep 2001 |
| Paderborn beat VfL Osnabrück 2-1 (H) on 27 Jul 2001 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Verl 5-1 (H) on 28 Sep 2001 |
| Verl beat Holstein Kiel 2-0 (H) on 4 Aug 2001 |
| Holstein Kiel beat Chemnitzer 2-1 (H) on 8 Sep 2001 |
| Chemnitzer beat Eintracht Braunschweig 2-0 (H) on 14 Sep 2001 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Fortuna Köln 3-0 (A) on 28 Sep 2001 |
| Fortuna Köln beat Dresdner 1-0 (A) on 18 Aug 2001 |
| Dresdner beat Werder Bremen II 3-0 (H) on 12 Sep 2001 |
| Werder Bremen II beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-0 (A) on 23 Sep 2001 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Bayer Leverkusen II 4-1 (A) on 19 Sep 2001 |
| Bayer Leverkusen II beat Magdeburg 2-1 (H) on 7 Sep 2001 |
| Magdeburg beat Wattenscheid 2-1 (H) on 2 Sep 2001 |
| Wattenscheid beat Uerdingen 1-0 (H) on 22 Sep 2001 |
| Uerdingen beat Erzgebirge Aue 1-0 (H) on 15 Sep 2001 |
| Erzgebirge Aue beat Rot Weiss Essen 1-0 (H) on 11 Aug 2001 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.