| Hessen Kassel beat Augsburg 1-0 (H) on 5 Oct 1996 |
| Augsburg beat SG Egelsbach 5-2 (A) on 28 Sep 1996 |
| SG Egelsbach beat TSF Ditzingen 3-1 (H) on 11 Aug 1996 |
| TSF Ditzingen beat Bayern München II 1-0 (H) on 27 Sep 1996 |
| Bayern München II beat Greuther Fürth 2-1 (H) on 16 Aug 1996 |
| Greuther Fürth beat Nürnberg 3-1 (H) on 5 Oct 1996 |
| Nürnberg beat SSV Reutlingen 3-1 (H) on 14 Sep 1996 |
| SSV Reutlingen beat VfR Mannheim 1-0 (H) on 21 Sep 1996 |
| VfR Mannheim beat Borussia Fulda 2-0 (H) on 31 Aug 1996 |
| Borussia Fulda beat Wacker Burghausen 5-0 (H) on 10 Aug 1996 |
| Wacker Burghausen beat Ulm 1-0 (H) on 27 Sep 1996 |
| Ulm beat Karlsruher SC II 1-0 (A) on 15 Sep 1996 |
| Karlsruher SC II beat SC Weismain 3-2 (H) on 29 Aug 1996 |
| SC Weismain beat Quelle Fürth 2-1 (H) on 20 Sep 1996 |
| Quelle Fürth beat SpVgg Ludwigsburg 3-2 (H) on 14 Sep 1996 |
| SpVgg Ludwigsburg beat Darmstadt 2-0 (A) on 18 Aug 1996 |
| Darmstadt beat SC Neukirchen 5-0 (A) on 22 Sep 1996 |
| SC Neukirchen beat Hessen Kassel 1-0 (H) on 14 Sep 1996 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.