THE AFL has announced the schedule for the NAB Cup qualifying finals, with three matches to be played at Etihad Stadium and the West Coast Eagles earning another home fixture at Patersons Stadium.

The finals will kick off on Thursday 24 February with Melbourne, winners of pool one over Port Adelaide and Adelaide on Friday night, to take on the winner of this Friday's Essendon/Brisbane Lions/St Kilda clash.

On Friday 25 February, pool two winner Collingwood will play the first of two wildcard qualifiers - given to the two second-placed round one pool teams with the highest percentage.

From the weekend's matches, the Crows are in the box seat to win one of those places, their percentage of 152.38 placing them ahead of fellow second-placed team Hawthorn (122.22 per cent).

Despite coming from behind to beat Richmond, Carlton have been eliminated on percentage.

The second 'lucky loser' will play on Saturday 26 February, either at Etihad Stadium against Sunday's Geelong/Western Bulldogs/North Melbourne group winner or in Perth against the Eagles.

And on Sunday 27 February, the winner of this Saturday's Sydney Swans/Greater Western Sydney/Gold Coast pool will take on either the Cats/Bulldogs/Kangaroos or West Coast.