| Sportfreunde Lotte beat Fortuna Köln 3-0 (A) on 23 Sep 2017 |
| Fortuna Köln beat VfL Osnabrück 3-0 (H) on 2 Aug 2017 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Sonnenhof Großaspach 1-0 (A) on 9 Sep 2017 |
| Sonnenhof Großaspach beat Karlsruhe 1-0 (H) on 19 Sep 2017 |
| Karlsruhe beat Wehen Wiesbaden 2-1 (H) on 5 Aug 2017 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden beat SpVgg Unterhaching 1-0 (H) on 1 Aug 2017 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching beat Chemnitzer 4-2 (H) on 26 Aug 2017 |
| Chemnitzer beat FSV Zwickau 1-0 (H) on 23 Jul 2017 |
| FSV Zwickau beat Magdeburg 3-1 (H) on 15 Sep 2017 |
| Magdeburg beat Paderborn 1-0 (H) on 19 Sep 2017 |
| Paderborn beat Rot Weiß Erfurt 1-0 (A) on 19 Aug 2017 |
| Rot Weiß Erfurt beat Carl Zeiss Jena 1-0 (H) on 9 Sep 2017 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena beat Hallescher 2-0 (A) on 1 Aug 2017 |
| Hallescher beat Werder Bremen II 2-1 (A) on 19 Sep 2017 |
| Werder Bremen II beat Preußen Münster 1-0 (A) on 5 Aug 2017 |
| Preußen Münster beat SV Meppen 3-0 (H) on 29 Jul 2017 |
| SV Meppen beat Hansa Rostock 2-1 (A) on 5 Aug 2017 |
| Hansa Rostock beat Würzburger Kickers 3-0 (A) on 20 Aug 2017 |
| Würzburger Kickers beat VfR Aalen 3-2 (A) on 16 Sep 2017 |
| VfR Aalen beat Sportfreunde Lotte 3-0 (H) on 5 Aug 2017 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.