The goals are also set back from the end walls so that players can go behind them, similarly to ice hockey.

[8] International competition in the sport takes place at the biennial Unicon world championships and regional tournaments including Eurocycle and APUC.

In 1976, a unicycle hockey club called 'Wheel People' was founded in California and ran for about ten years.

The following year, the first unicycle hockey world championships took place at Unicon VII in Minneapolis, in the United States, won by Germany.

The current world champions, from Unicon XIX in Ansan, Korea, are Swiss Team.