| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat Eintracht Trier 3-0 (H) on 15 Sep 1996 |
| Eintracht Trier beat Wattenscheid 2-0 (H) on 21 Sep 1996 |
| Wattenscheid beat TuS Paderborn Neuhaus 4-1 (A) on 15 Sep 1996 |
| TuS Paderborn Neuhaus beat FSV Salmrohr 2-0 (H) on 14 Aug 1996 |
| FSV Salmrohr beat Remscheid 4-0 (H) on 15 Sep 1996 |
| Remscheid beat Verl 2-1 (H) on 11 Aug 1996 |
| Verl beat 1. FC Bocholt 2-0 (A) on 28 Jul 1996 |
| 1. FC Bocholt beat Germania Teveren 2-1 (A) on 14 Sep 1996 |
| Germania Teveren beat LR Ahlen 1-0 (H) on 17 Aug 1996 |
| LR Ahlen beat Wuppertaler SV 2-0 (H) on 11 Aug 1996 |
| Wuppertaler SV beat Elversberg 3-0 (H) on 14 Sep 1996 |
| Elversberg beat SC Hauenstein 1-0 (A) on 19 Aug 1996 |
| SC Hauenstein beat Alemannia Aachen 4-2 (H) on 31 Aug 1996 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat 08 Homburg 3-2 (H) on 7 Sep 1996 |
| 08 Homburg beat Preußen Münster 2-0 (H) on 14 Sep 1996 |
| Preußen Münster beat Saarbrücken 4-2 (H) on 20 Sep 1996 |
| Saarbrücken beat SpVgg Erkenschwick 1-0 (H) on 17 Aug 1996 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.