Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26940724-20160318215832/@comment-734582-20160402160235

Rachin123 wrote: @Ultima Sakura failed back at the preliminaries. Her fight ended in a draw, which makes her Chunin results inconclusive. After all, one could pit the most chunin-worthy opponents against each other, let them tie, and have them kicked out even though any other circumstance makes them chunin. Ties count as knockouts because they don't need a lot of people for the finals.

Rachin123 wrote: Naruto and Sasuke made it to the finals, did defeat their opponents technically failed, but, as seen when the invasion ended the only one to be promoted was Shikamaru. This is merely a matter of interpretation. They both won their fight and deserved an additional chance to show their worth, but were denied that chance. Therefore, their results were inconclusive as well.