| Dynamo Dresden beat Energie Cottbus 2-0 (A) on 11 May 1997 |
| Energie Cottbus beat Spandauer SV 5-0 (H) on 30 Nov 1996 |
| Spandauer SV beat Erzgebirge Aue 2-0 (H) on 25 Aug 1996 |
| Erzgebirge Aue beat Berlin 3-1 (H) on 23 Nov 1996 |
| Berlin beat VFC Plauen 3-1 (H) on 12 Oct 1996 |
| VFC Plauen beat FSV 90 Velten 2-0 (H) on 22 Feb 1997 |
| FSV 90 Velten beat Rot Weiß Erfurt 4-3 (H) on 1 May 1997 |
| Rot Weiß Erfurt beat Hertha Zehlendorf 3-0 (A) on 10 May 1997 |
| Hertha Zehlendorf beat Reinickendorfer Füchse 1-0 (A) on 7 Dec 1996 |
| Reinickendorfer Füchse beat Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 2-0 (A) on 2 Nov 1996 |
| Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt beat SC Charlottenburg 2-1 (H) on 19 Oct 1996 |
| SC Charlottenburg beat Wacker Nordhausen 4-0 (H) on 13 Oct 1996 |
| Wacker Nordhausen beat Union Berlin 2-0 (H) on 23 Mar 1997 |
| Union Berlin beat Chemnitzer 1-0 (H) on 19 Oct 1996 |
| Chemnitzer beat Lok Altmark Stendal 1-0 (H) on 7 Dec 1996 |
| Lok Altmark Stendal beat TeBe Berlin 2-0 (H) on 23 Mar 1997 |
| TeBe Berlin beat Sachsen Leipzig 4-3 (A) on 12 Oct 1996 |
| Sachsen Leipzig beat Dynamo Dresden 5-1 (H) on 1 Sep 1996 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.