Morocco have been banned from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations after failing to host this year's tournament.
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) also fined Morocco US$1m (£650,000) and ordered them to pay 8m euros (£5.9m) in damages.
Morocco had missed a deadline last year to make a final decision on whether or not they would host the tournament.
They had expressed concerns over the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa.
Equatorial Guinea were named a replacement host for the 16-team event, while Morocco - who had qualified as hosts - were expelled by Caf.
Morocco had asked for the tournament to be delayed until 2016, but this request was rejected.
Ghana and Ivory Coast contest this year's final on Sunday.
Caf said in a statement: "The executive committee considered that, contrary to what the Royal Moroccan Football Federation cited, force majeure cannot be accepted for the benefit of the federation."
Caf announced the decision to suspend Morocco on the same day they fined hosts Equatorial Guinea US$100,000 (£65,000) for crowd trouble during Thursday's Africa Cup of Nations semi-final loss to Ghana.
Tunisian Football Association president Wadie Jary was also banned from all activities by Caf on Friday.
That followed Caf's ultimatum for the Tunisian FA to apologise for accusing the body of cheating or be banned from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
Tunisia made the allegations over a controversial penalty in a 2-1 quarter-final defeat by Equatorial Guinea
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