Amine Harit, Ayoub El Kaabi and Amine Adli scored as already-qualified Morocco defeated Liberia 3-0 in Agadir on Tuesday in the final 2024 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
Originally scheduled for September, the Group K fixture was postponed .
after an earthquake 250 kilometres (155 miles) from Agadir claimed 3,000 lives.
Harit put the shock 2022 World Cup semi-finalists ahead in first-half stoppage time .
by side-footing an Achraf Hakimi cross wide of goalkeeper Boison Wynney.
El Kaabi converted a 59th-minute penalty awarded for a foul on Yahia Attiyat Allah.
and substitute Adli pounced on a deflection to complete the scoring on 89 minutes.
Morocco and South Africa had qualified for the January 13-February 11 finals in the Ivory Coast .
since June from a mini-league reduced to three teams because of a FIFA ban on Zimbabwe.
All that was at stake in the southern coastal city was who would finish first with Morocco.
needing one point to top the table on goal difference, securing all three.
Morocco ended with nine points, fellow one-time Cup of Nations champions South Africa had seven .
and Liberia just one from a surprise away draw in Soweto.
Morocco lacked several of the stars who last year in Qatar helped them become the first World Cup semi-finalists from Africa.
Sofyan Amrabat, on loan to Manchester United from Fiorentina, was ruled out by a back injury .
while a calf pain sidelined Hakim Ziyech, who joined Galatasaray this season from Chelsea.
Star forward Youssef En-Nesyri from Sevilla came off the bench in the second half of a match watched .
by a capacity 45,000 crowd in the Stade Adrar.
Qualifying for the Cup of Nations began in March last year, included 142 matches involving 53 countries, and 348 goals were scored.
Agence France-Presse