Earlier, Spithill had paid tribute to his rivals, even outspoken Team NZ boss Grant Dalton. The pair banged heads in San Francisco four years ago, when Oracle came back from 8-1 down and math-point to retain the trophy."
"Personally, I think a lot of credit needs to go to [Team NZ skipper] Glenn Ashby and the guys that were on board and involved in the team during San Francisco," said Spithill. "Man, that was a tough one to go through.
"It's no secret - [Team NZ boss] Grant Dalton and I don't usually see eye to eye, but what an incredible effort to come back from something like that and get it done.
"As bitter as it is for me to lose this cup, man, I feel happy for Glenn and those guys to face those demons and pull it off."
Dalton was somewhat less gracious in victory, when interviewed by Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking.
"Frankly I couldn't care less about Spithill to tell you the truth," said Dalton. "He was quite keen to get me ousted and probably has a good reason now.
"They did their best. The biggest software company in the world just got beaten by little old New Zealand software."