| VfB Lübeck beat Eintracht Braunschweig 1-0 (H) on 1 Sep 2001 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Uerdingen 1-0 (H) on 8 Sep 2001 |
| Uerdingen beat Paderborn 3-2 (A) on 10 Aug 2001 |
| Paderborn beat VfL Osnabrück 2-1 (H) on 27 Jul 2001 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Bayer Leverkusen II 2-1 (H) on 14 Sep 2001 |
| Bayer Leverkusen II beat Erzgebirge Aue 2-1 (H) on 4 Aug 2001 |
| Erzgebirge Aue beat Rot Weiss Essen 1-0 (H) on 11 Aug 2001 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat Holstein Kiel 2-0 (A) on 28 Jul 2001 |
| Holstein Kiel beat Magdeburg 3-2 (H) on 10 Aug 2001 |
| Magdeburg beat Wattenscheid 2-1 (H) on 2 Sep 2001 |
| Wattenscheid beat Verl 3-1 (H) on 25 Aug 2001 |
| Verl beat Preußen Münster 2-0 (A) on 8 Aug 2001 |
| Preußen Münster beat Fortuna Köln 4-1 (A) on 15 Sep 2001 |
| Fortuna Köln beat Dresdner 1-0 (A) on 18 Aug 2001 |
| Dresdner beat Werder Bremen II 3-0 (H) on 12 Sep 2001 |
| Werder Bremen II beat Chemnitzer 2-0 (H) on 22 Aug 2001 |
| Chemnitzer beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 4-0 (A) on 27 Jul 2001 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.