Washington Wizards’ power forward Yi Jianlian will join the Chinese national team for the Continental Cup tournament to be played in Haining and Guangzhou from August 1-9.

Defending champions Australia, Russia and Angola, as well as China will take part in the Haining leg from Aug 1-4.  New Zealand will replace Australia to join Russia, Angola and the hosts play in Guangzhou from Aug 6-9.

Both legs will feature a round-robin format first with the top two teams playing the final, and the other two playing the 3rd place playoff.

Yi will join the Chinese squad following the completion of the second leg of a four-nation tournament to be held in Yongcheng, Henan province, on Sunday.