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

@Ultima Sakura failed the back at the preliminaries. But Naruto failed and Sasuke made to the finals and technically failed too. As seen when the invasion ended the only one to be promted was Shikamaru. It's obvious that just being 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 chunin level.