AFL finals this weekend: Finals fixture, schedule for week one, qualifying, elimination

Kieran Francis

AFL finals this weekend: Finals fixture, schedule for week one, qualifying, elimination image

It's finally time for AFL finals after a home-and-away season that's lasted basically six months.

Will minor premiers Adelaide jump from 15th last season to be to flag winners in 2025?

Can the last three grand final winners - Geelong, Brisbane and Collingwood - convert their top-four positions?

The Sporting News has all the latest on the AFL finals fixture.

MORE: AFL Finals format explained

Which AFL finals are this weekend?

There are no AFL finals this weekend as there is a week off in the AFL before the finals commence on Thursday, September 4.

There will be two qualifying finals and two elimination finals across the first stage of AFL finals.

AFL finals fixture/schedule

Qualifying finals

  • Thursday September 4 - 7:40 p.m. AEST - Adelaide vs. Collingwood (Adelaide Oval)
  • Friday September 5 - 7:40 p.m. AEST - Geelong vs. Brisbane (MCG)

Elimination finals 

  • Saturday September 6 - 3:15 p.m. AEST - GWS vs. Hawthorn (ENGIE Stadium)
  • Saturday September 6 - 7:35 p.m. AEST - Fremantle vs. Gold Coast (Optus Stadium)

Kieran Francis

Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.