China claimed their fourth title of U21 World Championship by defeating Italy 3–2 in the final match.

[4] The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB by 29 July 2022, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2).

[6] This will be the fifth time that Mexico hosts the FIVB Women's U21 World Championship having previously done so in 1981, 2009, 2017 and 2019.

The slot allocation was setted as follow:[5] Teams will play round-robin in each pool.

The winners and runners-up of pools E and F will progress to the semifinals and eventually determine the medallists.