Team Germany fans bought up so many replica World Cup jerseys that sportswear giant Adidas said it briefly ran out of the letter 'V'.

Replica World Cup shirts of several German players were temporarily unavailable due to a shortage of the letter "V" following high demand from fans, Adidas said Wednesday.

The sportswear giant, which supplies kits for the German team, said supporters flocking to snap up shirts of Kai Havertz, Deniz Undav and Aleksandar Pavlovic had drained supplies of the letter.

"There were short-term shortages in the availability of the letter 'V'," a spokesman told AFP.

But he added that "these were quickly resolved" and that football tops with the "letter 'V' will soon be available to order online again".