| Sparta Rotterdam beat Ajax 5-3 (H) on 4 Oct 1981 |
| Ajax beat Groningen 6-1 (H) on 27 Sep 1981 |
| Groningen beat Den Haag 4-2 (H) on 4 Oct 1981 |
| Den Haag beat Willem II 3-1 (H) on 23 Aug 1981 |
| Willem II beat Go Ahead Eagles 3-2 (H) on 27 Sep 1981 |
| Go Ahead Eagles beat NEC Nijmegen 3-1 (A) on 13 Sep 1981 |
| NEC Nijmegen beat Roda JC 2-1 (H) on 27 Sep 1981 |
| Roda JC beat SBV Haarlem 2-0 (H) on 20 Sep 1981 |
| SBV Haarlem beat PSV Eindhoven 4-3 (H) on 26 Aug 1981 |
| PSV Eindhoven beat Feyenoord 4-2 (A) on 13 Sep 1981 |
| Feyenoord beat Utrecht 1-0 (H) on 27 Sep 1981 |
| Utrecht beat AZ 67 Alkmaar 1-0 (H) on 30 Aug 1981 |
| AZ 67 Alkmaar beat NAC Breda 4-0 (H) on 16 Aug 1981 |
| NAC Breda beat PEC Zwolle 4-0 (H) on 20 Sep 1981 |
| PEC Zwolle beat De Graafschap 3-1 (H) on 16 Aug 1981 |
| De Graafschap beat MVV Maastricht 2-0 (A) on 26 Aug 1981 |
| MVV Maastricht beat Twente 3-1 (H) on 16 Aug 1981 |
| Twente beat Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 (A) on 20 Sep 1981 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.