| VfL Osnabrück beat SV Wilhelmshaven 1-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1996 |
| SV Wilhelmshaven beat Lüneburger SK 1-0 (A) on 6 Oct 1996 |
| Lüneburger SK beat Atlas Delmenhorst 1-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1996 |
| Atlas Delmenhorst beat Eintracht Braunschweig 3-2 (H) on 8 Sep 1996 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Hannover 3-2 (H) on 30 Aug 1996 |
| Hannover beat SC Norderstedt 3-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1996 |
| SC Norderstedt beat SC Göttingen 05 4-1 (H) on 18 Aug 1996 |
| SC Göttingen 05 beat TuS Celle 2-1 (H) on 5 Oct 1996 |
| TuS Celle beat Hamburger SV II 2-1 (H) on 29 Sep 1996 |
| Hamburger SV II beat Sportfreunde Ricklingen 3-1 (A) on 1 Sep 1996 |
| Sportfreunde Ricklingen beat Kickers Emden 2-1 (H) on 18 Aug 1996 |
| Kickers Emden beat Werder Bremen II 3-2 (H) on 25 Aug 1996 |
| Werder Bremen II beat VfL Herzlake 6-0 (H) on 11 Aug 1996 |
| VfL Herzlake beat Concordia Hamburg 3-1 (A) on 25 Aug 1996 |
| Concordia Hamburg beat Altona 4-0 (H) on 27 Sep 1996 |
| Altona beat St Pauli II 2-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1996 |
| St Pauli II beat SV Lurup 2-0 (A) on 6 Oct 1996 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.