Hockey goals should be recessed. The crossbar of a hockey goal should be 2.14m above the ground, measured from the bottom of the crossbar. The inner edges of the upright goalposts must be 3.66m apart. This gives the goal entrance a total area of 7.83sqm. Hockey goals must also be at least 1.2m deep at ground level and at least 0.9m deep at crossbar level.