Team Dignitas are set to enter the European Challenger Series by picking up the former SK Gaming Prime team, multiple sources have told theScore.

Dignitas’ acquisition of the former SK Gaming Prime team marks the British based organization’s first foray into the Challenger Series — Dignitas had previously owned two secondary teams in the UK and USA in 2013, but Riot Games only established the Challenger Series in 2014.

This acquisition also mark’s Dignitas’ re-entry into the European League of Legends market. The organization first entered League of Legends with a European team in 2011 before picking up Rock Solid, which became their main League of Legends roster that currently participates in the North American League of Legends Championship Series (LCS).

The Challenger Series was inaugurated in 2014 by Riot Games as the second tier of professional league of legends competition for North America and Europe. The initial structure of the Challenger Series in 2014 was a single elimination tournament and consisted of two splits per LCS split, with a final playoffs at the end.

In 2015, the Challenger Series format changed to one akin to the LCS format, with a regular round robin split and an additional playoffs. The added stability of this format has convinced major organizations to invest in the Challenger Series. Cloud 9, Team Liquid, Fnatic and Counter Logic Gaming have picked up Challenger teams.

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