Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26940724-20160318215832/@comment-7292165-20160331173505

@Ultima Sakura failed back at the preliminaries. 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. It's obvious that just beating your opponent doesn't mean you are qualified to be a chunin. You got to think like a chunin as well. Although had it not been for the interference of the invasion, Naruto and Sasuke could have battle some more to prove themselves. In my opinon Sasuke, Neji, Shino, Temari, Kankuro, and Lee at that time were already chunin level.