The debutants bounced back from their mauling with a 1-0 win over South Korea and, in dramatic fashion in Perth on Thursday, followed up with an identical scoreline to upset Group H winners Colombia.
To join the South American team in the knockouts, Morocco needed to win and hope the highly fancied Germans did not beat 17th-ranked South Korea in Brisbane.
"We were praying, waiting for the result to come out of the Germany and Korea game.
"I was very pleased because the players understood tonight they can play the best players in the world.
"This is a showcase for the women's game, for the Moroccans back home and this is such a beautiful display that we're putting on here."
Persons:
Fatima Tagnaout, Luisa, Read, Anissa Lahmari, Reynald Pedros, Lahmari, Ghizlane Chebbak's, Cafeteras, we've, Pedros, Joel Dubber, Ed Osmond
Organizations:
Soccer Football, FIFA, World, South, Colombia, South American, South Korea, Italy, Thomson
Locations:
New Zealand, Morocco, Colombia, Perth, Australia, PERTH, Germany, South Korea, Brisbane, Korea, France, Adelaide, Nigeria, South Africa