The event features ten teams of four players, each composed of a rotating cast of established content creators, competing in each iteration of the tournament.

[1][2] They face off in eight minigames that test a variety of core skills in Minecraft, such as combat, parkour, survival, and teamwork.

[3][4] Noxcrew, the creative team behind MC Championship, was founded in 2011 by Stefan "Noxite" Panić.

[4] Noxcrew first organized on the sandbox game Garry's Mod, where members collaborated on various creative projects.

[4] The Noxcrew Gameshow, a spiritual ancestor to MCC in which content creators play classic game shows recreated in Minecraft, ran from 2012 to 2015.

[2][17] Development of new maps begins with a stage of prototyping called greyboxing in which key elements are laid out without consideration for décor.

[15] Team composition is shuffled by Major each event for the sake of competitive balance as well as player preferences for profanity use and requests for one teammate.

In June 2024, Noxcrew with Minecraft made a public bedrock server, in which special challenges were added for each MCC team each rewarding a emote, at last completing them would give a special MCC cape reward compatible on both editions.

[6] MCC Island was announced on May 30, 2021, advertised as a public Minecraft server featuring mini-games inspired from MC Championships.