Extra and Preliminary

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Extra adjective - Being over what is needed.

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Preliminary is an antonym for extra.

Preliminary adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.

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Extra is an antonym for preliminary in introductory topic.

Thus, since an extra team passed and the preliminary matches are randomized (unlike the seating for the first exam), people who made it to the third phase last time don't (such as Kankuro and Neji), and people who didn't make it the first time around do (Sakura, Hinata, Ino, and Lee).

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