11 January 2024 , 17:54
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The NFL has confirmed that the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars will be the three home teams to play in London in the 2024 regular season.
The details of each team's opponent, along with the dates and kickoff times, will be announced this spring when the NFL releases their full regular season schedule.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will host games featuring both the Bears and Vikings - while fans could see the potential number one pick Caleb Williams suit up should the Bears select him, as well as Vikings superstar wide receiver Justin Jefferson.
The Jaguars will return to Wembley Stadium for their 13th game in the capital, as they have every year since 2012..
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The Jags have played in London 12 times so far, with an impressive 7-5 record in that time - most recently getting a big win over the Buffalo Bills.
The Bears. meanwhile will return to London for a third time in the regular season, after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2011 before losing to the Las Vegas Raiders in 2019.
And the Vikings have a perfect 3-0 record in the English capital, beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2013, Cleveland Browns in 2017 and New Orleans Saints in 2022.
Elsewhere, the Carolina Panthers are set to play in Munich, Germany as the home team at Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena.
The NFL will return to London three times in 2024Last month, the NFL announced it will also play a regular season game in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2024, marking the first ever NFL game in South America. The teams playing in this historic game will be named in the coming months.
This will be instead of a game held in Mexico, which has not been played in the last two seasons, due to the renovations at Estadio Azteca, the league confirmed that international games will return once the work is complete.
After a recent vote by NFL clubs to increase the number of international games from four to up to eight a season, starting in 2025, the NFL will have the right to schedule up to eight regular season games per season internationally.
The announcement of new markets and host cities/stadiums for future seasons will be made at later dates.