| Paderborn beat FSV Salmrohr 4-1 (A) on 15 Feb 1998 |
| FSV Salmrohr beat Kaiserslautern II 2-0 (H) on 12 Oct 1997 |
| Kaiserslautern II beat Eintracht Trier 3-1 (H) on 13 Dec 1997 |
| Eintracht Trier beat Rot Weiss Essen 4-1 (H) on 4 Oct 1997 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat Sportfreunde Siegen 4-3 (H) on 2 Nov 1997 |
| Sportfreunde Siegen beat Germania Teveren 3-1 (H) on 28 Sep 1997 |
| Germania Teveren beat Wuppertaler SV 2-1 (A) on 22 Nov 1997 |
| Wuppertaler SV beat Saarbrücken 3-1 (H) on 2 Nov 1997 |
| Saarbrücken beat Alemannia Aachen 1-0 (H) on 14 Feb 1998 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat Rot Weiß Oberhausen 2-1 (H) on 8 Feb 1998 |
| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat Bonner 4-0 (H) on 22 Nov 1997 |
| Bonner beat LR Ahlen 2-0 (H) on 2 Nov 1997 |
| LR Ahlen beat Preußen Münster 3-2 (H) on 26 Oct 1997 |
| Preußen Münster beat Verl 3-1 (H) on 8 Feb 1998 |
| Verl beat Remscheid 4-1 (H) on 14 Dec 1997 |
| Remscheid beat TuS Paderborn Neuhaus 1-0 (H) on 7 Dec 1997 |
| TuS Paderborn Neuhaus beat SpVgg Erkenschwick 2-1 (A) on 24 Aug 1997 |
| SpVgg Erkenschwick beat 08 Homburg 4-1 (H) on 30 Nov 1997 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.