| Hannover beat VfB Lübeck 5-1 (H) on 4 Oct 1997 |
| VfB Lübeck beat Eintracht Braunschweig 3-2 (H) on 11 Oct 1997 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Kickers Emden 3-1 (H) on 3 Oct 1997 |
| Kickers Emden beat VfB Oldenburg 2-1 (A) on 21 Sep 1997 |
| VfB Oldenburg beat TuS Celle 3-1 (H) on 7 Sep 1997 |
| TuS Celle beat Eintracht Nordhorn 2-1 (H) on 31 Aug 1997 |
| Eintracht Nordhorn beat SC Göttingen 05 5-3 (H) on 7 Sep 1997 |
| SC Göttingen 05 beat Atlas Delmenhorst 4-1 (H) on 2 Aug 1997 |
| Atlas Delmenhorst beat VfL Herzlake 2-1 (A) on 21 Sep 1997 |
| VfL Herzlake beat VfL Osnabrück 1-0 (A) on 31 Aug 1997 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Werder Bremen II 4-0 (H) on 26 Sep 1997 |
| Werder Bremen II beat VfL 93 Hamburg 3-0 (H) on 21 Sep 1997 |
| VfL 93 Hamburg beat Arminia Hannover 2-0 (H) on 10 Aug 1997 |
| Arminia Hannover beat SC Norderstedt 3-0 (H) on 28 Sep 1997 |
| SC Norderstedt beat Hamburger SV II 2-1 (H) on 7 Sep 1997 |
| Hamburger SV II beat Sportfreunde Ricklingen 3-1 (H) on 31 Aug 1997 |
| Sportfreunde Ricklingen beat SV Wilhelmshaven 2-1 (A) on 13 Sep 1997 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.