Germany captain Alexandria Popp scored a brace as her side launched the country's bid for a third Women’s World Cup title with a 6-0 demolition of debutants Morocco on Monday.

Veteran Popp led from the front, heading in two first-half strikes before Klara Buehl, Lea Schueller and two own goals blew out the score after the break in front of 27,256 at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.

The result puts Germany top of Group H on three points, with rivals Colombia and South Korea to play their opener in Sydney on Tuesday.

Seven months after the Moroccan men's fairytale run to the World Cup semifinals in Qatar, the Atlas Lionesses became the first Arab team to take the field at the women's showpiece and will hope for better in their next match against South Korea.