First team
League and cup winners 2025. A mix of veterans and home-grown talent.
- Monday19:30 bis 21:00 , Wasserparadies
- Tuesday20:15 bis 21:45 , Wasserparadies
- Thursday20:15 bis 21:45 , Wasserparadies
Water polo
The best sport in the world.
Anyone can run, swimming is harder. Water polo combines elements of many team sports. Nobody becomes a champion alone, the team counts. And it is huge fun.
Teams and training times
Five teams, one pool.
We train at the Wasserparadies Hildesheim and the LBZH. In summer the Jowiese outdoor pool is our home.
Boys U16/U18
U18 in the national league, state champions 2025.
- Tuesday18:30 bis 20:30 , Wasserparadies
- Wednesday19:30 bis 20:30 , Wasserparadies
- Thursday18:30 bis 20:30 , Wasserparadies
Girls U14/U16
The U14 girls won the German Cup in 2022.
- Tuesday18:30 bis 20:30 , Wasserparadies
- Wednesday19:30 bis 20:30 , Wasserparadies
- Thursday18:30 bis 20:30 , Wasserparadies
U14 mixed
State champions 2026 and finalists at the 2025 German Cup.
- Monday17:00 bis 19:00 , LBZH
- Thursday17:00 bis 19:00 , LBZH
U10/U12 mixed
Silver at the North German championships 2025 and 2026. This is where the youngest start.
- Monday17:00 bis 19:00 , LBZH
- Thursday17:00 bis 19:00 , LBZH
For beginners
What water polo makes of you.
Every type of player is needed: the fast swimmer, the powerful attacker, the creative playmaker. Individual strength, team spirit and confidence grow together.
No full-contact sport causes so few injuries. Nobody limps off or spends months with torn ligaments. Front crawl builds an upright posture you can see outside the water too.
Roger explains the rules in three short films: basics, playing time, referees and officials. Fixtures and results are published by the German Swimming Federation.
Coaches
Train with experts.
All coaches are volunteers. Many of them won titles for Hellas themselves.
Dragan Dobric
Youth centre coach and first-team coach
Licensed A coach (German Olympic Sports Confederation), former professional, trained in Olympic champion Serbia.
Heiko Ropers
Youth and first-team coach
C licence, former youth international and German U19 champion 1992 with Hellas.
Iven Ohmes
Youth and goalkeeper coach
B coach, goalkeeper with top-flight experience, three national youth finals for Hellas.
Dirk Schütze
Youth coach U14 to U18
European champion 1989, junior European champion 1986, over 150 caps, German champion 1993 with Waspo Hannover, U19 champion 1983 with Hellas.
Roland Weiterer
Youth coach U14
Long-time key player in the Hellas top-flight team and U19 champion 1983.
Jan Heinemann
Head of the state training centre, coaches every team
B coach, former U18 international, three national youth finals.
Bianca Heinemann
Coach girls U14/U16
Former national league player at Waspo 98 Hannover, youth finalist with Hellas.
Torben Weiterer
Youth coach U10 and U12
C coach, former national league player at Poseidon Hamburg, key player of the first team.
On the road
Hellas beneath the Eiffel Tower.
Since 2023 Hellas has been partnered with AS Waterpolo Montgeron south of Paris, supported by the Franco-German Youth Office. After Paris 2023 and the return visit to Hildesheim in 2024, the players travelled to the Seine again in July 2025, with daily training and a friendly match. A return visit to Hohegeiss is planned for 2026, Paris again in 2027.
