diff --git a/SVSim.BattleNode/Hosting/BattleNodeWebSocketHandler.cs b/SVSim.BattleNode/Hosting/BattleNodeWebSocketHandler.cs
index b89611c..770dbe2 100644
--- a/SVSim.BattleNode/Hosting/BattleNodeWebSocketHandler.cs
+++ b/SVSim.BattleNode/Hosting/BattleNodeWebSocketHandler.cs
@@ -193,9 +193,19 @@ public sealed class BattleNodeWebSocketHandler
             }
 
             case BattleType.Bot:
-                // Phase 3 deliverable.
-                _log.LogWarning("BattleType.Bot not yet supported (Phase 3); BattleId={Bid}", battleId);
-                return;
+            {
+                // Phase 3: real (Real, NoOp) session. Bot's pending always has P2 == null
+                // (per IMatchingBridge contract validation), so isP1 must be true here. The
+                // earlier isP1/isP2 check has already rejected viewer mismatches.
+                _store.RemovePending(battleId);
+                var botReal = new RealParticipant(ws, viewerId, pending.P1.Context,
+                    _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<RealParticipant>());
+                var noopBot = new NoOpBotParticipant();
+                var botSession = new BattleSession(battleId, BattleType.Bot, botReal, noopBot,
+                    _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<BattleSession>());
+                await botSession.RunAsync(ctx.RequestAborted);
+                break;
+            }
 
             default:
                 _log.LogError("Unknown BattleType={Type} for BattleId={Bid}; closing WS", pending.Type, battleId);